stolon (redirected from stolonate)

sto·lon  (stln, -ln)

n.

1. Botany A shoot that bends to the ground or that grows horizontally above the ground and produces roots and shoots at the nodes.

2. Zoology A stemlike structure of certain colonial organisms from which new individuals arise by budding.

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[Latin stol, stoln-, shoot; see stel- in Indo-European roots.]

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stolon·ate (-l-nt) adj.

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stolon [ˈstəʊlən]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a long horizontal stem, as of the currants, that grows along the surface of the soil and propagates by producing roots and shoots at the nodes or tip

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a branching structure in lower animals, esp the anchoring rootlike part of colonial organisms, such as hydroids, on which the polyps are borne

[from Latin stolō shoot]

stoloniferous  [ˌstəʊləˈnɪfərəs] adj

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stolon  (stln)

1. Botany See runner.

2. Zoology A stemlike structure of certain colonial organisms, such as hydroids, from which new individuals arise by budding.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

stolon - a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips offset, runner plant organ - a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus

Translations

stolon [ˈstəʊlən] n (Bot, Zool) → stolone m

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stolon [ˈstəʊlən] n (Bot, Zool) → stolone m