English Explanatory Dictionary

stolon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈstəʊlɒn/ /ˈstəʊlən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-stolon.wav

Word forms

stolon stolons

Etymology

From Latin stolō. Doublet of stole.

Derived words

stolonal stolonic stoloniferous stoloniform stolonlike
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