left-branching

[ left-bran-ching, -brahn- ]
/ ˈlɛftˌbræn tʃɪŋ, -ˌbrɑn- /

adjective Linguistics.

(of a grammatical construction) characterized by greater structural complexity in the position preceding the head, as the phrase my brother's friend's house; having most of the constituents on the left in a tree diagram (opposed to right-branching).

Origin of left-branching

First recorded in 1960–65

Words nearby left-branching

left ventricular ejection time, left ventricular failure, left ventricular opening, left wing, left-brained, left-branching, left-eyed, left-eyed flounder, left-face, left-field, left-footed