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stolon

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈstəʊlən/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(stō′lən)

sto•lon (stō′lən),USA pronunciation n.

Botanya prostrate stem, at or just below the surface of the ground, that produces new plants from buds at its tips or nodes.
Zoologya rootlike extension of the body wall in a compound organism, as a bryozoan, usually giving rise to new members by budding.

Latin stolōn- (stem of stolō) branch, shoot, twig
1595–1605;

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stolon /ˈstəʊlən/ n

a long horizontal stem, as of the currants, that grows along the surface of the soil and propagates by producing roots and shoots at the nodes or tip
a branching structure in lower animals, esp the anchoring rootlike part of colonial organisms, such as hydroids, on which the polyps are borne

Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin stolō shootstoloniferous /ˌstəʊləˈnɪfərəs/ adj

'stolon' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

runner - stolonate - stoloniferous - stolonization

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