sprig

//sprɪɡ//
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Noun

sprigSingular
sprigsPlural
1

A small stem bearing leaves or flowers, taken from a bush or plant.

She added a sprig of mint to the lemonade.

2

A small decorative design resembling a stem with leaves or flowers, used especially in embroidery or ceramics.

The antique teacup was decorated with delicate sprigs of flowers around the rim.

3

A young person, especially a young man from an aristocratic family (informal, dated).

He was just a sprig of nobility, barely twenty years old.

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