branch

branch (http://definr.com/branch)

     n 1: an administrative division of some larger or more complex
          organization; "a branch of Congress" [syn: subdivision,
           arm]
     2: a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the
        main stem of a plant
     3: a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of
        the branches"; "they took the south fork" [syn: fork, leg]
     4: a natural consequence of development [syn: outgrowth, offshoot,
         offset]
     5: a stream or river connected to a larger one
     6: any projection that is thought to resemble an arm; "the arm
        of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of
        the sewer" [syn: arm]
     v : divide into two or more branches; "The road forks" [syn: ramify,
          fork, separate]