[ 'stəʊlɒn ]
■ noun
1》 Botany a creeping horizontal stem or runner that takes root at several points to form new plants.
2》 Zoology a branched stem-like structure attaching a colony of hydroids to the substrate.
Derivatives
~ate adjective
~iferous adjective
Origin
C17: from L. stolo , ~- 'shoot, scion'.