stolIdness

[Eng. stolid; -ne .] Stolidity. sto-lon, stole (2), s. [Lat. stolo (gen it. stolon is ) =a branch.] 1. Bot .: A shoot which proceeds from a stem above the ground, and then descends into it and takes root, as in Aster junceus . It is akin to a sucker, which, however, leaves the stem beneath and not above the ground. 2. Zool.: The name given to (1) any connecting proce of protoplasm in the multilocular Foraminifera; (2) to the prolongation of the common tunic, forming a vascular canal, in the Social Ascidians; and (3) to any of the proce es sent out by the cœnosarc in some of the Actinozoa. stō-lon-if-er-ous, a. [Lat. stolo (gen it. stolon is ) =a branch, and fero =to bear.] Bot.: Producing or putting forth stolons. Sometimes used more loosely for producing or putting forth suckers. [STOLON.] stol-pen-ite, s. [After Stolpen, Saxony, where it occurs; suff. -ite ( Min. ).] Min .: A clay found in the basalt of Stolpen.