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   stolon

   /ˈstəʊlɒn/

   noun

   • 1. a creeping horizontal plant stem or runner that takes root at points along its length to form new plants.
   • ▪ an arching stem of a plant that roots at the tip to form a new plant, as in the bramble.
   • 2. the branched stemlike structure of some colonial hydroid coelenterates, attaching the colony to the substrate.

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin stolo, stolon- ‘shoot, scion’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. stolonate adjective
   • 2. stoloniferous adjective

   Scrabble Points: 6

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