Definition of Sympodial

1. a. Composed of superposed branches in such a way as to imitate a simple axis; as, a sympodial stem.

Definition of Sympodial

1. Adjective. (botany) Having a specialized lateral growth pattern in which the apical meristem is terminated. ¹

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Definition of Sympodial

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sympodial

symplast
symplasts
symplectic
symplectically
symplectomorphic
symplectomorphism
symplectomorphisms
symplesiomorphies
symplesiomorphy
symplesite
symploce
symploces
sympode
sympodes
sympodia
sympodial (current term)
sympodium
symport
symporter
symporters
symports
symposia
symposiac
symposiacs
symposiarch
symposiarchs
symposiast
symposiasts
symposium
symposiums

Literary usage of Sympodial

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

1. Glimpses of the Cosmos by Lester Frank Ward (1918)
"[Note on sympodial Plants] History.—Written November 11, 1906. ... Any estimates of the proportion of sympodial to monopodial plants would be of interest. ..."

2. Structural Botany: Or Organography on the Basis of Morphology. To which is by Asa Gray (1879)
"... the flower stands in the axil of its bract, here it stands on the opposite side of the axis, or at least is quite away from the axil. 282. sympodial ..."

3. A Text-book of Sociology by James Quayle Dealey, Lester Frank Ward (1905)
"11. The true order of study. 12. Synoptical classification. 13. Filiation. 14. Basal sciences for sociology. 15. sympodial development : 16. In botany. 17. ..."

4. A Manual of Structural Botany: An Introductory Textbook for Students of by Henry Hurd Rusby (1911)
"Bifurcating sympodial growth. a flexuous appearance to the sympodium; ... 435 represents a sympodial stem on which the branches are borne in pairs, ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"In a colony formed by sympodial budding, a polyp always produces first a bud, ... Diagram ot sympodial fay biserial budding: each pol budding ..."

6. Glimpses of the Cosmos by Lester Frank Ward (1918)
"[Note on sympodial Plants] History.—Written November 11, 1906. ... Any estimates of the proportion of sympodial to monopodial plants would be of interest. ..."

7. Structural Botany: Or Organography on the Basis of Morphology. To which is by Asa Gray (1879)
"... the flower stands in the axil of its bract, here it stands on the opposite side of the axis, or at least is quite away from the axil. 282. sympodial ..."

8. A Text-book of Sociology by James Quayle Dealey, Lester Frank Ward (1905)
"11. The true order of study. 12. Synoptical classification. 13. Filiation. 14. Basal sciences for sociology. 15. sympodial development : 16. In botany. 17. ..."

9. A Manual of Structural Botany: An Introductory Textbook for Students of by Henry Hurd Rusby (1911)
"Bifurcating sympodial growth. a flexuous appearance to the sympodium; ... 435 represents a sympodial stem on which the branches are borne in pairs, ..."

10. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"In a colony formed by sympodial budding, a polyp always produces first a bud, ... Diagram ot sympodial fay biserial budding: each pol budding ..."

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