deadwood

English Thesaurus

1. someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	redundance, redundancy,
definition	:	the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded (noun.attribute)

2. a branch or a part of a tree that is dead (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	branch,
definition	:	a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant (noun.plant)