This is the 10461st most frequent Russian word.
ветве
"Ветве" is the plural dative or locative form of "ветвь," which means "branch" (as in a tree branch).
Here, "ветве" is used in the locative case to denote the location—on the branch.
На высокой ветве дерева сидела птица.
On the high branch of the tree sat a bird.
Here, "ветве" refers metaphorically to a branch or field of a scientific discipline.
Он трудился над развитием нового ветве науки.
He worked on the development of a new branch of science.
Here, "ветве" is used to describe the branches of a tree as a physical structure.