stolon
stolon Modified, horizontal, underground or aerial stem growing from the basal node of a plant. Aerial stolons, also called runners, may be slender, as in a strawberry, or stiff and arching, as bramble. The stolon produces a new plant at its tip, which puts out adventitious roots to anchor itself. See also tuber; vegetative reproduction
stolon
stolon A long aerial side stem that gives rise to a new daughter plant when the bud at its apex touches the soil. Plants that multiply in this way include blackberry and currant bushes. Gardeners often pin down stolons to the soil to aid the propagation of such plants. This process is termed layering.
stolon
stolon In colonial invertebrates, the stalk-like structure by which individuals are attached to the substrate. See CTENOSTOMATA.
stolon
stolon (bot.) prostrate branch that takes root at the tip. XVIII. — L. stolō, -ōn- shoot, sucker.
stolon
stolon A stem that grows horizontally and produces new plants at its tip; a runner (e.g. as in the strawberry).
stolon
stolon In colonial invertebrates, the stalklike structure by which individuals are attached to the substrate.
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