Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Stolon
1.
(Bot.)
A trailing branch which is disposed to take root at the end or at the joints; a stole.
2.
(Zool.)
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
. Definition 2024
stolon
stolon
English
Noun
stolon (plural stolons)
- (botany) A shoot that grows along the ground and produces roots at its nodes; a runner.
- (zoology) A structure formed by some colonial organisms from which offspring are produced by budding; see also Stolonifera.
Translations
botany: runner
|
|