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Twig
/twɪɡ/noun / verb
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A twig is a small, slender, and flexible shoot or branch of a tree or shrub, often bearing leaves or buds and symbolizing something delicate or easily overlooked in nature. In modern usage, it can also mean to suddenly grasp or understand something intuitively, as in colloquial British English, or refer to Twig as a templating engine in web development for creating dynamic content.
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The oldest known twig fossil, discovered in the Gilboa Fossil Forest in New York and dating back about 385 million years, belonged to an ancient tree called Archaeopteris and reveals early adaptations for supporting leaves, helping scientists understand the rise of complex forests.
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