Glossary: Stem / root structures

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Standard

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Synonyms: Standards

Standard A plant that has been artificially trained to a single-stemmed upright form

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Stolon

Stem / root structures

Synonyms: Runner, Runners, Stoloniferous, Stoloniferouses, Stolons, Sucker, Suckering, Suckerings, Suckers

Stolon A shoot that grows along or under the ground at the ends of which new plants can sprout Did you know? Strawberry runners are stolons that root at nodes and form new plants.

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