STOLON


Meaning of STOLON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈstō-lən, -ˌlän ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin stolon-, stolo, from Latin, branch, sucker; akin to Old English stela stalk, Armenian stełn branch

Date: 1601

1.

a. : a horizontal branch from the base of a plant that produces new plants from buds at its tip or nodes (as in the strawberry) — called also runner

b. : a hypha (as of rhizopus) produced on the surface and connecting a group of conidiophores

2. : an extension of the body wall (as of a hydrozoan or bryozoan) that develops buds giving rise to new zooids which usually remain united by the stolon

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