stolon

English

Etymology

Latin stolō.

Noun

stolon (plural stolons)

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

Translations

botany: runner

• Finnish: rönsy (fi)

• Tagalog: sangambusngi

Anagrams

• Tolson