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1. noun1) (an arm-like part of a tree: He cut some branches off the oak tree.) κλαδί2) (an offshoot from the main part (of a business, railway etc): There isn't a branch of that store in this town; ( also adjective) That train runs on the branch line.) κλάδος, παρακλάδι, υποκατάστημα, παράρτημα2. verb((usually with out/off) to spread out like, or into, a branch or branches: The road to the coast branches off here.) διακλαδώνομαι
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