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sto⋅lon

  [stoh-luhn]
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–noun
1. Botany. a prostrate stem, at or just below the surface of the ground, that produces new plants from buds at its tips or nodes.
2. Zoology. a rootlike extension of the body wall in a compound organism, as a bryozoan, usually giving rise to new members by budding.
Origin:
1595–1605; < L stolōn- (s. of stolō) branch, shoot, twig

Related forms:
sto⋅lon⋅ic  [stoh-lon-ik] , adjective
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sto·lon   (stō'lŏn', -lən)   
n.  
  1. Botany A shoot that bends to the ground or that grows horizontally above the ground and produces roots and shoots at the nodes.
  2. Zoology A stemlike structure of certain colonial organisms from which new individuals arise by budding.

[Latin stolō, stolōn-, shoot; see stel- in Indo-European roots.]
sto'lon·ate' (-lə-nāt') adj.
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Stolon

Sto"lon\, n. [L. stolo, -onis: cf. F. stolon. Cf. Stole a stolon, 1st Stool.]

1. (Bot.) A trailing branch which is disposed to take root at the end or at the joints; a stole.

2. (Zo["o]l.) 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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Language Translation for : stolon
Spanish: estolón, latiguillo,
German: der Ausläufer,
Japanese: つる
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stolon   (stō'lŏn')  Pronunciation Key 
  1. Botany See runner.
  2. Zoology A stemlike structure of certain colonial organisms, such as hydroids, from which new individuals arise by budding.

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