stolon
/ˈstəʊlɒn/ noun
Forms stolons
- noun (botany) A shoot that grows along the ground and produces roots at its nodes; a runner.
- noun (zoology) A structure formed by some colonial organisms from which offspring are produced by budding, found in bryozoans, pterobranchs, some corals, and other invertebrates.
- noun (mycology) A hypha that acts as a runner, connecting sporangiophores.
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Etymology
From oblique stem of Latin stolō, stolōnis. Doublet of stole.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A trailing branch which is disposed to take root at the end or at the joints; a stole.
- noun 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.
Etymology [L. stolo, -onis: cf. F. stolon. Cf. Stole a stolon, 1st Stool.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “stolon”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details