Dictionary.com

stolon

[ stoh-luhn ]
/ ˈstoʊ lən /
Save This Word!

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.
QUIZ
CAN YOU ANSWER THESE COMMON GRAMMAR DEBATES?
There are grammar debates that never die; and the ones highlighted in the questions in this quiz are sure to rile everyone up once again. Do you know how to answer the questions that cause some of the greatest grammar debates?
Question 1 of 7
Which sentence is correct?

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
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use stolon in a sentence

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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for stolon

stolon
[ stōlŏn′ ]

Botany See runner.
Zoology A stemlike structure of certain colonial organisms, such as hydroids, from which new individuals arise by budding.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
FEEDBACK