shoot axis branch PO:0025073 tertiary axis (narrow) 枝 (Japanese, exact) secondary axis (narrow) 2010-07-01T04:21:46Z FNA:32d32293-adee-47ae-b1ba-bd9bd22230c2 shoot axis branch (exact) In vascular plants, branches arise from an axillary bud meristem (PO:0000232) and from divisions of the meristematic apical cell (PO:0030007) in non-vascular plants. twig (narrow) rwalls ramificaci&#243n (Spanish, exact) branchlet (narrow) PO_GIT:134 plant_anatomy A shoot axis (PO:00025029) that develops from an axillary bud meristem (PO:0000232) or from equal divisions of a meristematic apical cell (PO:0030007). higher order axis (narrow)