/ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈpəʊdɪə/, U.S. /ˌmɑnəˈpoʊdiə/.monopodiumn.
/ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈpəʊdɪəm/, U.S. /ˌmɑnəˈpoʊdiəm//ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈpəʊdɪə/, U.S. /ˌmɑnəˈpoʊdiə/. 1. A table or stand with a single support; a support for a Regency table, sideboard, etc., comprising an animal's head (and body) above a single foot. Cf. monopod adj.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [noun] > parts of furniture generally > leg or support
leg1616
Marlborough leg1788
therm1788
monopodium1807
cabriole leg1844
pedestal1851
cabriole1888
sabre leg1952
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > table > [noun] > small table
roundel1503
stand1582
night table1730
monopodium1807
teapoy1828
tray stand1844
nightstanda1852
guéridon1853
kettle-stand1881
tabouret1916
1807 T. Hope Househ. Furnit. 36 Little round monopodium or stand, of which the top..is capable of being raised or lowered at pleasure.
1948 M. Jourdain Regency Furnit. 1795–1820 (ed. 2) 105 Console table supported by carved gilt lion monopodia.
1959 G. Savage Antique Collector's Handbk. 195 The monopodium, or single leg surmounted by a human or animal head and torso, is peculiarly Regency.
1971 Country Life 22 July 225/3 From about 1815 the marble top of a console table might be supported at each front corner by an eagle monopodium with boldly outcurving breast and widespread wings.
1988 Christie's (Amsterdam) Sale Catal.: Saturday Sales 25 June 61/1 An oak church bench..with later seat and apron with six panels between later shaped monopodia, basically 16th Century.
2. Botany. A single continuous growth axis which extends at its apex and produces successive lateral shoots.
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the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [noun] > sympodium or monopodium
sympodium1862
monopodium1875
pseudo-axis1875
sympode1880
1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. I. iii. 156 Branch-systems..of the second kind [we will call] Monopodia... A Monopodium arises when the generating structure..continues to grow at its apex, while lateral structures of the same name grow beneath it in acropetal succession.
1945 W. O. Howarth & L. G. G. Warne Lowson's Textbk. Bot. (ed. 9) i. 7 If the primary axis continues to grow from the same growing point (i.e. is a monopodium), and also develops numerous lateral branches, one after another (in acropetal succession), the lateral branching is said to be indefinite or racemose.
1976 P. Bell & D. Coombe tr. Strasburger's Textbk. Bot. (new ed.) 76 A system of branching of this kind, in which the growth of the main axis continues without interruption, is called a monopodium.
1990 Crop Sci. 30 365/2 The place on the main stem where sympodia or monopodia arise.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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