See Also: monopodium(medicine)
monopodium(dictionary)

monopodium (iou)



monopodium noun. . E19.
[formed as MONO- + PODIUM.]
A table or stand with a single support. Also, a support for an early 19th-cent. table, sideboard, etc., comprising an animal's head with a single foot. E19.
Botany. A single continuous growth axis which extends at its apex and produces successive lateral shoots. Cf. SYMPODIUM. L19.
monopodial adjective (Botany) pertaining to or of the nature of a monopodium L19.
monopodially adverb (Botany) in the manner of a monopodium L19.