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- noun Plural form of
stolon .
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Examples
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An example of a perennial grassy weed; reproduction is by above-ground runners called stolons as well as by seeds.
Chapter 10 1981
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Those aboveground, the true stems, are called stolons, and those below, from which the roots spread, are rhizomes.
Greener Than You Think Ward Moore 1940
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It can become a troublesome weed in a lawn because it produces many horizontal stems, called stolons, that run along the soil's surface.
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It can become a troublesome weed in a lawn because it produces many horizontal stems, called stolons, that run along the soil's surface.
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The stems known as stolons wander both aboveground and below, striking roots as they go.
The Seattle Times 2011
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The ends of the stolons are the spot that potatoes grow.
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] JakeJung 2009
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The ends of the stolons are the spot that potatoes grow.
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The ends of the stolons are the spot that potatoes grow.
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Underground stems such as stolons and rhizomes occur in some grasses.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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One of the commonest moulds is the one here figured (Fig. 32), and named _Mucor stolonifer_, from the runners, or "stolons," by which it spreads from one point to another.
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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