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stolon

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  1. runner                
 
sto.lon \'sto--l*n, -.la:n\ \-l*-.na-t\ n [NL stolon-, stolo, fr. L, 
   branch, sucker; akin to Arm stein]branch, OHG stal place - more at STALL 1: 
   a horizontal branch from the base of a plant that produces new plants fr om 
   buds at its tip or nodes (as in the strawberry) 2: an extension of the body 
   wall (as of a hydrozoan) that develops buds giv ing rise to new zooids 
   which usu. remain united by the stolon - sto.lon.ate aj