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Where does “stolon” come from?

stolon (English) comes from Latin stolō, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

stolon (English): A shoot that grows along the ground and produces...

Definitions

  1. A shoot that grows along the ground and produces...

Ancestry of “stolon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstolō—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

Words derived from “stolon”

  • stoloniferous
  • stolonic
  • stolonal
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