stolons

Meaning

plural of stolon

stolon

  1. A shoot that grows along the ground and produces roots at its nodes; a runner.
  2. A structure formed by some colonial organisms from which offspring are produced by budding, found in bryozoans, pterobranchs, some corals, and other invertebrates.
  3. A hypha that acts as a runner, connecting sporangiophores.

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