stolon
Botany. a prostrate stem, at or just below the surface of the ground, that produces new plants from buds at its tips or nodes.
Zoology. a rootlike extension of the body wall in a compound organism, as a bryozoan, usually giving rise to new members by budding.
Origin of stolon
1Other words from stolon
- sto·lon·ic [stoh-lon-ik], /stoʊˈlɒn ɪk/, adjective
Words Nearby stolon
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How to use stolon in a sentence
Fistula fos sonus & stolon quod est emissio, quasi emissio soni vel vocis.
The Works of Sir Thomas Browne (Volume 1 of 3) | Thomas BrowneThe first thing I saw on the Marylebone platform was the crude picture in green chalk of a stolon of Cynodon dactylon.
Greener Than You Think | Ward MooreThe stems grow, moreover, exactly at right angles to the solid surface element to which the stolon is attached.
The Organism as a Whole | Jacques LoebThe gill-piece excised contained no heart, no intestine, and no stolon, and all these organs were regenerated from the gills.
The Organism as a Whole | Jacques LoebIn Clytia the polyps arise singly from the stolon, and the medusa is known as Phialidium (fig. 59).
British Dictionary definitions for stolon
/ (ˈstəʊlən) /
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
a branching structure in lower animals, esp the anchoring rootlike part of colonial organisms, such as hydroids, on which the polyps are borne
Origin of stolon
1Derived forms of stolon
- stoloniferous (ˌstəʊləˈnɪfərəs), adjective
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Scientific definitions for stolon
[ stō′lŏn′ ]
Zoology A stemlike structure of certain colonial organisms, such as hydroids, from which new individuals arise by budding.
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