lən 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.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a long horizontal stem, as of the currants, that grows along the surface of the soil and propagates by producing roots and shoots at the nodes or tip |
| 2. | a branching structure in lower animals, esp the anchoring rootlike part of colonial organisms, such as hydroids, on which the polyps are borne |
| [C17: from Latin stolō shoot] | |
| stoloniferous | |
| —adj | |
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Stolon
is always a great word to know.
So is multicellular haploid. Does it mean:
| ovules which are unenclosed, forming on cones or stalks |
| organism with having only one complete set of chromosomes |
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