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stolon

/ˈstəʊlɒn/

stolon noun: a shoot that grows along the ground and produces roots at its nodes; a runner.

Noun

stolon (plural stolons)

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

stolon meaning in Tamil, Tagalog and Persian

stolon in Tamil

தரைமேல் தண்டு, படரி

stolon in Tagalog

botany: runner
sangambusngi

stolon in Persian

botany: runner
دستک

Forms of stolon

pluralstolons

Origin of stolon

From oblique stem of Latin stolō, stolōnis. Doublet of stole.

Words formed from stolon

Words that rhyme with stolon

Questions about stolon

What does stolon mean?
Stolon means a shoot that grows along the ground and produces roots at its nodes; a runner.
What is stolon in Tamil?
Stolon in Tamil is தரைமேல் தண்டு, படரி. See Stolon meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is stolon?
Stolon is a noun.
How do you pronounce stolon?
Stolon is pronounced /ˈstəʊlɒn/.
What is the plural of stolon?
The plural of stolon is stolons.

Words near stolon in the dictionary

  1. Stolniceni-Prăjescu
  2. Stolnici
  3. stolnik
  4. stolniks
  5. stolo
  6. stolon
  7. stolonal
  8. stolonate
  9. stolonic
  10. stolonifera
  11. stoloniferan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stolon (page history and authors); stolon (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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