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stolon

/ˈstəʊlɒn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English

Syllables
stolon
IPA
/ˈstəʊlɒn/
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

A structure formed by some colonial organisms from which offspring are produced by budding, found in bryozoans, pterobranchs, some corals, and other invertebrates.

noun

A hypha that acts as a runner, connecting sporangiophores.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *stel-, stolō

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

stolons (plural)

Derived Forms

stolonal stolonic stoloniferous stoloniform stolonlike

Synonyms

runner offset

Rhymes With

colon solon semicolon eidolon mesocolon idolon

Questions

How do you pronounce stolon?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈstəʊlɒn/.
What does stolon mean?
A shoot that grows along the ground and produces roots at its nodes; a runner.
Where does stolon come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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