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twigs

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1. twigs

   A twig is a thin, often short, branch of a tree or bush.The buds on the twig are an important diagnostic characteristic, as are the abscission scars where the leaves have fallen away. The color, texture, and patterning of the twig bark are also important, in addition to the thickness and nature of any pith of the twig. There are two types of twig: vegetative twigs and fruiting spurs. Fruiting spurs are specialized twigs that generally branch off the sides of branches and are stubby and slow-growing, with many annular ring markings from seasons past. The age and rate of growth of a twig can be determined by counting the winter terminal bud scale scars, or annular ring marking, down the length of the twig. Twigs can be useful in starting fire. They can be used as kindling wood, bridging the gap between highly flammable tinder (dry grass and leaves) and firewood.

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1. Twigs

   Twigs is a play by George Furth, with incidental music by Stephen Sondheim. It consists of four vignettes involving three sisters and their mother, each focusing on one of the women as she confronts various issues with the man in her life. Emily is a recent widow, relocating to a new apartment, who finds herself attracted to the owner of the moving company. Celia is the wife of a bigoted ex-Army Sergeant whose reunion with an old pal leaves her out in the cold. Dorothy and her spouse discreetly try to learn if each has been faithful to the other as they celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. Last of all is Ma, the stubborn Irish matriarch who rises from her deathbed in order to have a priest sanctify her common-law marriage to a Dutchman. Furth wrote his play intending it to be a tour de force for a single actress playing all four roles. The title is derived from the quote, "Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined", written by Alexander Pope in his Moral Essays in 1773. After seven previews, the Broadway production, directed by Michael Bennett, opened on November 14, 1971, at the Broadhurst Theatre, where it remained for six weeks before transferring to the Plymouth for the remainder of its run of 289 performances. The cast included Sada Thompson, Conrad Bain, and Simon Oakland. Thompson won both the Tony and the Drama Desk Award for her performance.

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1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of twigs in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of twigs in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of twigs in a Sentence

1. C. G. Jung:

   Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off.

2. Mark Christmann:

   When I first sink my teeth into it, there’s a lot of crunch, imagine snapping twigs, that’s what I heard in my head when I was biting. Twigs snapping, a lot of them.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twigs
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=twigs