Sympodium \Sym*po"di*um\, n.; pl. {Sympodia}. [NL., fr. Gr. sy`n
with + ?, dim. of ?, ?, foot.] (Bot.)
An axis or stem produced by dichotomous branching in which
one of the branches is regularly developed at the expense of
the other, as in the grapevine.
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