stolon

From Latin stolō. Doublet of stole.

• IPA^(key): /ˈstəʊlɒn/, /ˈstəʊlən/

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• Rhymes: -əʊlɒn

stolon (plural stolons)

1. (botany) A shoot that grows along the ground and produces roots at its nodes; a runner.
2. (zoology) A structure formed by some colonial organisms from which offspring are produced by budding, found in bryozoans, pterobranchs, some corals, and other invertebrates.
3. (mycology) A hypha that acts as a runner, connecting sporangiophores.

• stoloniferous

• Tolson, lost on

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stolon m (plural stolons)

1. stolon

• → Romanian: stolon

• “stolon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French stolon.

stolon m (plural stoloni)

1. stolon