stolon

[ stoh-luhn ]

/ ˈstoʊ lən /

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noun

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.

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Origin of stolon

1595–1605; <Latin stolōn- (stem of stolō) branch, shoot, twig

OTHER WORDS FROM stolon

sto·lon·ic

[stoh-lon-ik], /stoʊˈlɒn ɪk/, adjective

Words nearby stolon

stolen, stolen generation, stolid, stollen, Stó:lō, stolon, stolonate, stoloniferous, stolonization, Stolypin, stoma

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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 Browne
The 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 Moore
The stems grow, moreover, exactly at right angles to the solid surface element to which the stolon is attached.
The Organism as a Whole|Jacques Loeb
The 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 Loeb

In Clytia the polyps arise singly from the stolon, and the medusa is known as Phialidium (fig. 59).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 2|Various

British Dictionary definitions for stolon

stolon

/ (ˈstəʊlən) /

noun

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

Derived forms of stolon

stoloniferous (ˌstəʊləˈnɪfərəs), adjective

Word Origin for stolon

C17: from Latin stolō shoot

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Scientific definitions for stolon

stolon

[ stō′lŏn′ ]

Botany See runner.

Zoology A stemlike structure of certain colonial organisms, such as hydroids, from which new individuals arise by budding.