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# sprig

«sprig» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small twig or shoot with leaves or flowers on it** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (sprigs)

### meaning for a pupil

A sprig is a small twig or shoot with leaves or flowers on it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprig/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in the tales, a small green branch used as a charm or picked for its scent

### examples

- He was waving a sprig of the sacred tulsi plant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprig/#x1)
- She plucked a sprig of sweet-smelling rosemary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprig/#x2)

### note

a count of pieces: each sprig counts as one piece, not a number of leaves

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sprig» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprig/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.