stolon

Definitions


[ˈstəʊlɒn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a creeping horizontal plant stem or runner that takes root at points along its length to form new plants

- the branched stemlike structure of some colonial hydroid coelenterates, attaching the colony to the substrate


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Origin:
early 17th century: from Latin stolo, stolon- ‘shoot, scion’




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