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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sto•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;
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: 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 |