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1. (n.) stolon
a prostrate stem that grows along the ground and produces new plants from buds at its tip or nodes.
2. stolon
a rootlike extension of the body wall in a compound organism, as a bryozoan, usu. giving rise to new members by budding.
Etymology: (1595–1605; < L stolōn-, s. of stolō shoot, sucker)
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1. (noun) stolon, runner, offset
a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
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1. (noun) stolon
a trailing branch which is disposed to take root at the end or at the joints; a stole
2. (noun) stolon
an extension of the integument of the body, or of the body wall, from which buds are developed, giving rise to new zooids, and thus forming a compound animal in which the zooids usually remain united by the stolons. Such stolons are often present in Anthozoa, Hydroidea, Bryozoa, and social ascidians. See Illust. under Scyphistoma
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