stolons

noun
  1. 1

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

  2. 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. 3

    A hypha that acts as a runner, connecting sporangiophores.

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