What is 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 called?
sympodium — 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. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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