stolon – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Stolon
stolon
Noun
1. a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
(synonym) runner, offset
(hypernym) plant organ
stolon
nm.
(Zoology) stolon
Stolon
(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.
(n.)
A trailing branch which is disposed to take root at the end or at the joints; a stole.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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stolon
bot. stolon
bot. offset