Definition of Monopodial

1. a. Having a monopodium or a single and continuous axis, as a birchen twig or a cornstalk.

Definition of Monopodial

1. Adjective. (botany) Having a monopodium or a single and continuous axis, as a birch twig or a cornstalk. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Monopodial

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Monopodial

1. Adjective describing an amoeba that has only one pseudopod (as opposed to polypodial forms). This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Monopodial

monoplane flying fish
monoplanes
monoplasmatic
monoplast
monoplastic
monoplasts
monoplegia
monoploid
monoploids
monoploidy
monopneumona
monopod
monopode
monopodes
monopodia
monopodial (current term)
monopodially
monopodies
monopodium
monopods
monopody
monopolar
monopolar cautery
monopole
monopoler
monopolers
monopoles
monopolies
monopolisation
monopolise

Literary usage of Monopodial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Text-book of Botany, Morphological and Physiological by Julius Sachs (1882)
"Just as the dichotomy may consist of numerous bifurcations, so may a mono- podium consist of several orders of monopodial branching. ..."

2. Reprints of Papers from the Department of Anatomy of the University of by California University. Dept. of anatomy (1908)
"I have placed ROBINSON in this group, partly because he believes some of the chief branches are monopodial in nature but largely because, ..."

3. Elements of Plant Anatomy by Emily Lovira Gregory (1895)
"There are several variations of these two .methods ; for example, the sympodial method, which may be considered a special form of the monopodial. ..."

4. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1902)
"C. Rhizome horizontal or ascending, monopodial, with basal leaves from the ... E. Rhizome horizontal, monopodial, leaves all basal with axillary flowers and ..."

5. A Text-book of Sociology by James Quayle Dealey, Lester Frank Ward (1905)
"tively as monopodial and sympodial. In monopodial branching the stem or main ... erect and symmetrical as those of its monopodial companions of the forest. ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"It may be dichotomous, where every branching is a bifurcation of an already existing growing- point or monopodial, by the formation of new growing-points. ..."

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