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ˈstoʊ lənstolon

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. stolon, runner, offsetnoun

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

Wiktionary

  1. stolonnoun

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

  2. stolonnoun

    A structure formed by some colonial organisms from which offspring are produced by budding; see also Stolonifera.

  3. Etymology: From stolo.

Wikipedia

  1. Stolon

    In biology, stolons (from Latin stolō, genitive stolōnis – "branch"), also known as runners, are horizontal connections between organisms. They may be part of the organism, or of its skeleton; typically, animal stolons are external skeletons.

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  1. stolon

    A stolon is a horizontal stem or branch that grows from the base of a plant, near the surface of the soil, and produces new plants from buds at its tips or nodes. It is a method of asexual reproduction found mainly in plants like strawberries and grasses. Also known as a runner, it helps the plants to spread and colonize new areas.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Stolonnoun

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

  2. Stolonnoun

    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

  3. Etymology: [L. stolo, -onis: cf. F. stolon. Cf. Stole a stolon, 1st Stool.]

Wikidata

  1. Stolon

    In biology, stolons are horizontal connections between organisms. They may be part of the organism, or of its skeleton; typically, animal stolons are external skeletons.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Stolon

    stō′lon, n. a shoot from the root of a plant: a sucker.—adjs. Stō′lonate, Stōlōnif′erous. [L. stolo, a twig.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of stolon in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of stolon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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