Definitions
an ornament that resembles a spray of leaves or flowers
Word origin
From Middle English sprig, sprigge, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Middle Low German sprik, spricke (“a dry, easily broken twig that has fallen from a tree; sprig”). Compare also dialectal English sprag (“sprig, twig”), English spray (“branch”), Old English spræc (“a shoot”), German Low German Spricke, Sprick (“dry branch, twig”).
Used in a sentence
“a sprig of laurel or of parsley”
“[…] from this bush in the dooryard, / With delicate-color’d blossoms and heart-shaped leaves of rich green, / A sprig with its flower I break.”
““Why, one sprig of nut grass can ruin a whole yard.[…]"”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Small stem”5 letters
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