Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SYMPODIUM
Sym *po "di *um, n.; pl. Sympodia. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. (Bot. )
Defn: An axis or stem produced by dichotomous branching in which one of the branches is regularly developed at the expense of the other, as in the grapevine.
New American Oxford Dictionary
sympodium
sym po di um |simˈpōdēəm sɪmˈpoʊdiəm | ▶noun ( pl. sympodia |-dēə | ) Botany the apparent main axis or stem of a plant, made up of successive secondary axes due to the death of each season's terminal bud, as in the vine. DERIVATIVES sym po di al |-dēəl |adjective ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek syn- ‘together ’ + pous, pod- ‘foot. ’
Oxford Dictionary
sympodium
sympodium |sɪmˈpəʊdɪəm | ▶noun ( pl. sympodia |-dɪə | ) Botany the apparent main axis or stem of a plant, made up of successive secondary axes due to the death of each season's terminal bud, as in the vine. DERIVATIVES sympodial adjective ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek syn- ‘together ’ + pous, pod- ‘foot ’.
Duden Dictionary
Sympodium
Sym po di um Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Symp o dium |das Sympodium; Genitiv: des Sympodiums, Plural: die Sympodien Pflanzenverzweigung mit Scheinachse; Gegensatz Monopodium
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