stolon

(stōlän′)

noun

  1. Bot. a creeping stem that lies on or above the soil surface and bears foliage leaves, as in the strawberry or creeping bent grass
  2. Zool. a stemlike, cylindrical structure, as in certain hydroids and tunicates, giving rise to buds from which new individuals grow

Origin: ModL stolo (gen. stolonis) < L, a shoot, twig, scion: for IE base see still

See stolon in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Botany A shoot that bends to the ground or that grows horizontally above the ground and produces roots and shoots at the nodes.
  2. Zoology A stemlike structure of certain colonial organisms from which new individuals arise by budding.

Origin:

Origin: Latin stolō, stolōn-, shoot; see stel- in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

  • stoˈlon·ateˌ (-lə-nātˌ) adjective

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