Synonyms:
branching, ramification, fork, forking
Meaning: the act of branching out or dividing into branches
Usage examples
I also think that Stocks and Wallflowers are much handsomer when rather tall and branching.
They spring up sheaf-wise, straight upright for a time, and only bending a little outwards above, to give room for the branching heads of bloom.
In the photograph of a eucalyptus avenue near Los Angeles, the row of trees on the right have been cut near the ground and the branching trunks are the consequence.