stolon
/ˈstəʊlən/noun
1
- Botany a creeping horizontal plant stem or runner that takes root at points along its length to form new plants【植】匍匐茎。
1.1
- an arching stem of a plant that roots at the tip to form a new plant, as in the bramble生殖根。
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- Zoology the branched stem-like structure of some colonial hydroid coelenterates, attaching the colony to the substrate【动】匍匐水螅根。
派生词
stolonate
adjectivestoloniferous
adjective词源
early 17th cent.: from Latin stolo, stolon- 'shoot, scion'.