sympodium

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

sym=po=di=um

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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]

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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)