stolon
Noun
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Noun
stolon (plural stolons)
- (botany) A shoot that grows along the ground and produces roots at its nodes; a runner.
- (zoology) A structure formed by some colonial organisms from which offspring are produced by budding, found in bryozoans, pterobranchs, some corals, and other invertebrates.
- (mycology) A hypha that acts as a runner, connecting sporangiophores.
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