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stolon
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun stolon has 1 sense
- stolon(n = noun.plant) offset, runner - a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips; Array is a kind of plant organ
CIDE DICTIONARY
- A trailing branch which is disposed to take root at the end or at the joints; a stole. [1913 Webster]
- An extension of the integument of the body, or of the body wall, from which buds are developed, giving rise to new zooids, and thus forming a compound animal in which the zooids usually remain united by the stolons. Such stolons are often present in Anthozoa, Hydroidea, Bryozoa, and social ascidians. See Illust. under Scyphistoma. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
stolon, n.
1 Bot. a horizontal stem or branch that takes root at points along its length, forming new plants.
2 Zool. a branched stemlike structure in some invertebrates such as corals.
1 Bot. a horizontal stem or branch that takes root at points along its length, forming new plants.
2 Zool. a branched stemlike structure in some invertebrates such as corals.
Derivative
stolonate adj. stoloniferous adj.
Etymology
L stolo -onis
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