Sprig

Put a sprig of mint on top as a garnish.

I took a sprig of holly, and tucked it into my hat band.

I took a sprig of holly, and tucked it into my hatband.

I bought a sprig of lily of the valley.

Chop four onions and fry in four tablespoonfuls of oil; add six tomatoes peeled and cut fine, one herb bouquet, a sprig of parsley, a glassful of white wine, four tablespoonfuls of oil, one chile pepper and four tablespoonfuls of flour.

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.[…]"

a sprig whom I remember, with a whey-face and a satchel, not so many years ago