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stolonic

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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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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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