twissel
twissel · twissels
A double fruit or a pair of like things growing on a treeA double fruit or a pair of like things growing on a tree.
Meaning
2 senses(rare)A double fruit or a pair of like things growing on a tree.
(rare)That part of a tree where the branches separate from the trunk or bole; a fork.
Origin
From Middle English twisel, twisil, from Old English *twisel (“forked, double”), from OldFrom Middle English twisel, twisil, from Old English *twisel (“forked, double”), from Old English twisla (“confluence, junction”), from Proto-Germanic *twisilą (“fork, bifurcation”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwis- (“twice, in two”). Cognate with German Zwiesel (“fork”).
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