Definition of stolons:
(n) :
(botany) A shoot that grows along the ground and produces roots at its nodes; a runner.
(n) :
(zoology) A structure formed by some colonial organisms from which offspring are produced by budding, found in bryozoans, pterobranchs, some corals, and other invertebrates.
(n) :
(mycology) A hypha that acts as a runner, connecting sporangiophores.