stolon
/ˈstəʊlɒn/noun
stolon is spelled S-T-O-L-O-N: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, stolon means “A shoot that grows along the ground and produces roots at its nodes; a runner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of stolon is stolons.
How many letters and syllables are in stolon?
| Letters | 6: S-T-O-L-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 52 million words; the 225,584th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is stolon?
Stolon appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce stolon?
- /ˈstəʊlɒn/
- /ˈstəʊlən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-stolon.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of stolon
- stolons plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does stolon mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A shoot that grows along the ground and produces roots at its nodes; a runner.
- 2
A structure formed by some colonial organisms from which offspring are produced by budding, found in bryozoans, pterobranchs, some corals, and other invertebrates.
- 3
A hypha that acts as a runner, connecting sporangiophores.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Stolon in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense botany: runner:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does stolon come from?
From oblique stem of Latin stolō, stolōnis. Doublet of stole.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).