monopoden.
/ˈmɒnə(ʊ)pəʊd/, U.S. /ˈmɑnəˌpoʊd/ Botany. rare.
= monopodium n. 2.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > of feet > having feet > having one foot
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1890 Cent. Dict. Monopode, in bot., same as monopodium.
1907 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 79 308 The graphic method..does not afford the means of distinguishing between a sympode and a monopode in the cases of the sympodes of Petunia and Myosotis.
1983 Theoret. & Appl. Genetics 68 487 Of parental lines, H777 [sc. a strain of cotton plant] possesses high g.c.a. effects for..number of sympodes..whereas H655 was good general combiner for number of monopodes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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