• Stolon

    Origin

    From Latin stolō.

    Full definition of stolon

    Noun

    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; see also Stolonifera.
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