stolon

stolon is a 6-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A trailing branch which is disposed to take root at the end or at the joints; a stole. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A trailing branch which is disposed to take root at the end or at the joints; a stole.
2. noun. An extension of the integument of the body, or of the body wall, from which buds are developed, giving rise to new zooids, and thus forming a compound animal in which the zooids usually remain united by the stolons. Such stolons are often present in Anthozoa, Hydroidea, Bryozoa, and social ascidians. See Illust. under Scyphistoma.
3. noun. a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips

   Synonyms: offset, runner

Synonyms

offset, runner

Common word forms

stolons

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