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noun
A shoot that grows along the ground and produces roots at its nodes; a runner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
A structure formed by some colonial organisms from which offspring are produced by budding, found in bryozoans, pterobranchs, some corals, and other invertebrates.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
A hypha that acts as a runner, connecting sporangiophores.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, mycology, natural-sciences
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noun
a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: runner, offset
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Broader terms: plant organ
History
From oblique stem of Latin stolō, stolōnis. Doublet of stole.
Across languages
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