Category:Stolon

Sto"lon, n. Etym: [l. stolo, -onis: cf. F. stolon. Cf. Stole a Stolon, 1st stool.]

1. (bot.)

Defn: a trailing branch which is disposed to take root at the end or At the joints; a stole.

2. (zoöl.)

Defn: 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.