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.