noun
- a horizontal stem that grows along the ground and produces new plants at intervals
Usage: botany
Examples
- Strawberry plants spread by sending out stolons that root at various points.
- The gardener cut the stolons to prevent the mint from taking over the entire bed.
- New spider plants developed from the stolons hanging from the mother plant.
- Bermuda grass uses stolons to quickly colonize bare patches of soil.
- The botanist examined the stolon structure under a microscope.
- Many ground cover plants reproduce through stolons rather than seeds.