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sto·lon
[stoh-luh
n] Pronunciation Key
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[stoh-luh
n] Pronunciation Key –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
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| sto·lon
(stō'lŏn', -lən) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Latin stolō, stolōn-, shoot; see stel- in Indo-European roots.] sto'lon·ate' (-lə-nāt') adj. |
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| stolon | |
noun | |
| a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips |
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stolon
(stō'lŏn') Pronunciation Key
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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