twig1
n.
- a slender woody shoot growing from a branch or stem of a tree or shrub.
- Anatomy a small branch of a blood vessel or nerve.
Derivative
Etymology
OE twigge, of Gmc origin; rel. to twain and two.
twig2
v.
(twigs, twigging, twigged)
- Brit. informal suddently understand or realize something.
- archaic see; perceive.
Etymology
C18: of unknown origin.