Noah Webster
Ramification
RAMIFICA'TION, noun [Latin ramus, a branch.]
1. The process of branching or shooting branches from a stem.
2. A branch; a small division proceeding from a main stock or channel; as the ramifications of a family; the ramifications of an artery.
3. A division or subdivision; as the ramifications of a subject or scheme.
4. In botany, the manner in which a tree produces its branches or boughs.
5. The production of figures resembling branches.