Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Stolon"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stolon
n : a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new
plants from buds at its tips [syn: {runner}, {offset}]
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