Word Study
sympodium
CIDE DICTIONARY
sympodium, n. [NL., fr. Gr. sy`n with + , dim. of , , foot.].
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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sympodium, n. (pl. sympodia) Bot. the apparent main axis or stem of a vine etc., made up of successive secondary axes.
Derivative
sympodial adj.
Etymology
mod.L (as SYN-, Gk pous podos foot)
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