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Rarestolon
The correct spelling is stolon.
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noun
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The correct spelling is stolon. A shoot that grows along the ground and produces roots at its nodes; a runner.
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Definition
noun
- 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.
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