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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips;
[syn: stolon, runner, offset]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. (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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stolon n 1: a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips [syn: stolon, runner, offset]