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: 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
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: 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
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While most crabgrass spreads by seed, some species root by creeping stems, or stolons, says Waltz.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 13 July 2025
Bugleweed spreads quickly by stolon to form a compact mat of lush foliage in green, purple, or ruby hues.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 19 June 2025
It is composed primarily of dead rhizomes, stolons, stems, and roots.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2025
Wait several weeks before mowing new sod, sprigs, plugs, or stolons.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2024
Common bermudagrass spreads through the devices of stolons, rhizomes and production of viable seeds.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 May 2024
The stolon still isn’t an exact duplication of the stock.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2023
The stolon’s own eyes, antennae, and swimming bristles also emerge.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2023
Because of this consistency, the stolon does not have a separatedigestive tract.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 22 Nov. 2023
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 13 July 2025
Bugleweed spreads quickly by stolon to form a compact mat of lush foliage in green, purple, or ruby hues.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 19 June 2025
It is composed primarily of dead rhizomes, stolons, stems, and roots.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2025
Wait several weeks before mowing new sod, sprigs, plugs, or stolons.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2024
Common bermudagrass spreads through the devices of stolons, rhizomes and production of viable seeds.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 May 2024
The stolon still isn’t an exact duplication of the stock.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2023
The stolon’s own eyes, antennae, and swimming bristles also emerge.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2023
Because of this consistency, the stolon does not have a separatedigestive tract.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 22 Nov. 2023
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“Stolon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stolon. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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stolon
noun
sto·lon
ˈstō-lən 
-ˌlän
: 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
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