stolon Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
    runner; offset.

WordNet

Sto"lon noun
Etymology
L. stolo, -onis: cf. F. stolon. Cf. Stole a stolon, 1st Stool.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A trailing branch which is disposed to take root at the end or at the joints; a stole.
  2. (Zoöl.) 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.

Webster 1913