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Rhizome vs Stolon - What's the difference?

rhizome | stolon |

As nouns the difference between rhizome and stolon

is that rhizome is a horizontal, underground stem of some plants that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes while stolon is a shoot that grows along the ground and produces roots at its nodes; a runner.

rhizome

English

(wikipedia rhizome)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A horizontal, underground stem of some plants that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes.
  • (philosophy) A so-called "image of thought" that apprehends multiplicities. See .

    • stolon

    English

    (wikipedia stolon)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) A shoot that grows along the ground and produces roots at its nodes; a runner.
  • (zoology) A structure formed by some colonial organisms from which offspring are produced by budding; see also Stolonifera.