STOLON

stolon, runner, offset

(noun) a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

stolon (plural stolons)

(botany) A shoot that grows along the ground and produces roots at its nodes; a runner.

(zoology) A structure formed by some colonial organisms from which offspring are produced by budding, found in bryozoans, pterobranchs, some corals, and other invertebrates.

(mycology) A hypha that acts as a runner, connecting sporangiophores.

Anagrams

• Tolson

Source: Wiktionary

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Sto"lon, n. Etym: [L. stolo, -onis: cf. F. stolon. Cf. Stole a stolon, 1st Stool.]

1. (Bot.)

Definition: A trailing branch which is disposed to take root at the end or at the joints; a stole.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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