stolon

sto·lon

noun \ˈstō-lən, -ˌlän\

Definition of STOLON

1

a : a horizontal branch from the base of a plant that produces new plants from buds at its tip or nodes (as in the strawberry) —called also runner b : a hypha (as of rhizopus) produced on the surface and connecting a group of conidiophores

2

: an extension of the body wall (as of a hydrozoan or bryozoan) that develops buds giving rise to new zooids which usually remain united by the stolon

Illustration of STOLON

Origin of STOLON

New Latin stolon-, stolo, from Latin, branch, sucker; akin to Old English stela stalk, Armenian stełn branch

First Known Use: 1601

Rhymes with STOLON

bowline, colon, solon, stollen