Found 2 items, similar to stolon.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: stolon stolon n : a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips [syn: runner, offset]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Stolon Stolon \Sto"lon\, n. [L. stolo, -onis: cf. F. stolon. Cf. Stole a stolon, 1st Stool.] 1. (Bot.) A trailing branch which is disposed to take root at the end or at the joints; a stole. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo["o]l.) 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. [1913 Webster]