stolon
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin stolō. Doublet of stole.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
stolon (plural stolons)
- (botany) A shoot that grows along the ground and produces roots at its nodes; a runner.
- (zoology) A structure formed by some colonial organisms from which offspring are produced by budding, found in bryozoans, pterobranchs, some corals, and other invertebrates.
- (mycology) A hypha that acts as a runner, connecting sporangiophores.
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Translations edit
botany: runner
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Noun edit
stolon m (plural stolons)
Descendants edit
- → Romanian: stolon
Further reading edit
- “stolon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
stolon m (plural stoloni)
Declension edit
Declension of stolon
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) stolon | stolonul | (niște) stoloni | stolonii |
genitive/dative | (unui) stolon | stolonului | (unor) stoloni | stolonilor |
vocative | stolonule | stolonilor |