Stolon

[stәulɒn]

Definition

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

Typed by Howard--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A trailing branch which is disposed to take root at the end or at the joints; a stole.

(n.) 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.

Checker: Sophia

Definition

n. a shoot from the root of a plant: a sucker.—adjs. Stō′lonate Stōlōnif′erous.

Editor: Nolan