Definition of stolon Stolon

sto•lon

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Noun

Plural: stolons

stolon - a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips

runner, offset

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stolon (Noun)
A shoot that grows along the ground and produces roots at its nodes; a runner.
stolon (Noun)
A structure formed by some colonial organisms from which offspring are produced by budding; see also Stolonifera.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

stolon (n.)
A trailing branch which is disposed to take root at the end or at the joints; a stole.
stolon (n.)
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.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

stolon
stō′lon, n. a shoot from the root of a plant: a sucker.—adjs. Stō′lonate, Stōlōnif′erous. [L. stolo, a twig.]

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stolon, noun, singular of stolons.

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