STOLON Synonyms
There is 1 hypernym of the word stolon. (close relations)
Definition of STOLON
stoloniferous
Best Alternative Words for STOLON
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| runner | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • someone who imports or exports without paying duties • someone who travels on foot by running • a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents • a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base) • a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips • a trained athlete who competes in foot races • (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play • a long narrow carpet • device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along • fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil | ||||||||
| branch | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a division of some larger or more complex organization • a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant • a part of a forked or branching shape • a natural consequence of development • a stream or river connected to a larger one • any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm verb • grow and send out branches or branch-like structures • divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork | ||||||||
| offshoot | nounn | |||||||
noun • a natural consequence of development | ||||||||
| shoot | verbv | |||||||
noun • a new branch • the act of shooting at targets verb • hit with a missile from a weapon • kill by firing a missile • fire a shot; release • make a film or photograph of something • send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly • run or move very quickly or hastily • move quickly and violently • throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective • record on photographic film • emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully • cause a sharp and sudden pain in • force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing • variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors • throw dice, as in a crap game • spend frivolously and unwisely • score • utter fast and forcefully • measure the altitude of by using a sextant • produce buds, branches, or germinate • give an injection to | ||||||||
| sprout | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud • a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed) verb • produce buds, branches, or germinate • put forth and grow sprouts or shoots | ||||||||
| stem | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed • a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ • cylinder forming a long narrow part of something • the tube of a tobacco pipe • front part of a vessel or aircraft • a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it verb • grow out of, have roots in, originate in • cause to point inward • stop the flow of a liquid • remove the stem from | ||||||||
| sucker | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of • a shoot arising from a plant's roots • a drinker who sucks (as at a nipple or through a straw) • flesh of any of numerous North American food fishes with toothless jaws • hard candy on a stick • an organ specialized for sucking nourishment or for adhering to objects by suction • mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction; related to carps | ||||||||
| tendril | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • slender stem-like structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for support | ||||||||
| offset | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the time at which something is supposed to begin • a compensating equivalent • a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips • a natural consequence of development • a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper • structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly verb • compensate for or counterbalance • make up for • cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface • create an offset in • produce by offset printing | ||||||||
