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The habit of the tree is to form a straight axis of great height with a symmetrical mass of branches, producing a perfect monopodial crown.

From Studies of Trees by Levison, Jacob Joshua

As in Gymnosperms, branching is monopodial; dichotomy or the forking of the growing point into two equivalent branches which replace the main stem, is absent both in the case of the stem and the root.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various

The most striking characteristic of the majority of the Coniferales is the regular manner of the monopodial branching and the pyramidal shape.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various