What is "sympodium"

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.

n. A pattern of branching, similar to dichotomous branching.

Sympodium is a pattern of branching, similar to dichotomous branching, characterized by branching along a stem or hyphae.

Sympodium may refer to:

• Sympodium, a pattern of branching, similar to dichotomous branching in botany
• Sympodium (genus), a coral genus in the family Xeniidae
• SMART Sympodium interactive pen display, a device associated with the Smart Board

Sympodium is a genus of soft corals in the Xeniidae family.