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Definition of: sympodium
(sim·pō′dē·əm) noun plural ·di·a (-dē·ə) Bot.
A false axis or stem of a plant, morphologically made up of a series of superposed branches imitating a simple stem; a pseudaxis. [<NL <Gk. syn- together + podion, dim. of pous, podos a foot]
—sym·po′·di·al adjective
—sym·po′di·al·ly adverb
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