Question

What is ramification?

Answer 1

Answer:

a complex or unwelcome consequence of an action or event.

"any change is bound to have legal ramifications"

Answer 2

Answer:

In botany, ramification is the divergence of the stem and limbs of a plant into smaller ones, i.e. trunk into branches, branches into increasingly smaller branches, etc. Gardeners stimulate the process of ramification through pruning, thereby making trees, shrubs and other plants bushier and denser.