monopodicadj.
/ˌmɒnəˈpɒdɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɑnəˈpɑdɪk/ rare.
1. Prosody. Consisting of or constituting a monopody or single metrical foot.
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1890 Cent. Dict. Monopodic, constituting a single foot; of or pertaining to a single foot, or a measure consisting in a single foot.
1950 ELH 17 130 Both are thinking, not of the modern monopodic iambic or trochaic foot, but of the ancient dipodic one.
1979 Speculum 54 180 The new monopodic rhythm cannot always be established with certainty in the examples listed.
2. Biology. Consisting of or characterized by a single main axis from which lateral branches are produced; monopodial.
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1898 Science 15 Apr. 522/1 The subsequent development of the stem-bronchus and its monopodic type of branching [is] characteristic of the majority of mammalian lungs.
1986 Jrnl. Trop. Ecol. 2 269 They are placed together with the other younger sites due to the persistence of early colonizers like Neurolaena lobata, a typical monopodic (tree-like) tall shrub.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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