MONOPODIUM

Etymology

Noun

monopodium (plural monopodiums or monopodia)

(botany) A single and continuous vegetable axis; opposed to sympodium.

Source: Wiktionary


Mon`o*po"di*um, n.; pl. L. Monopodia, E. -ums. Etym: [L. See Monopody.] (Bot.)

Definition: A single and continuous vegetable axis; -- opposed to sympodium.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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10 January 2025

INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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