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[-dee-uh] . Botany. | a single main axis that continues to extend at the apex in the original line of growth, giving off lateral branches beneath in acropetal succession. |
| mon·o·po·di·um (mŏn'ə-pō'dē-əm) n. pl. mon·o·po·di·a (-dē-ə) A main axis of a plant, such as the trunk of a spruce, that maintains a single line of growth, giving off lateral branches. [New Latin, from Late Latin monopodius, one-footed, from Greek monopous : mono-, mono- + pous, pod-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.] mon'o·po'di·al (-dē-əl) adj. |
| monopodium (mŏn'ə-pō'dē-əm) Pronunciation Key
Plural monopodia A main axis of a plant, such as the trunk of a spruce, that maintains a single line of growth, giving off lateral branches. |