Simple past tense and past participle of branch.(verb)
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Use "branched" in a sentence
"Fruit abundant, borne in short branched or straight clusters of five to ten fruits."
"Fruit very abundant, borne in short, branched clusters, globular, perfectly smooth, with no apparent sutures."
"These three protein sparing amino acids are known as branched chain amino acids, and play important roles in protein synthesis and energy metabolism."