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Stolon

A trailing branch which is disposed to take root at the end or at the joints; a stole.

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Offset 92% connected

In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Runner 92% connected

One who, or that which, runs; a racer.

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Adventitious root noun · 78% connection

root growing in an unusual location e.g. from a stem

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Apomict noun · 78% connection

a plant that reproduces or is reproduced by apomixis

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Anarthrous adjective · 78% connection

Without joints, or having the joints indistinct, as some insects.

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Arch noun · 78% connection

Usually a curved member made up of separate wedge-shaped solids, with the joints between them disposed in the direction of the radii o…

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Articulate adjective · 78% connection

Jointed; formed with joints; consisting of segments united by joints; as, articulate animals or plants.

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Bearberry noun · 78% connection

A trailing plant of the heath family (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), having leaves which are tonic and astringent, and glossy red berries o…

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Branch noun · 78% connection

Any division extending like a branch; any arm or part connected with the main body of thing; ramification; as, the branch of an antler…

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Button fern noun · 78% connection

fern of New Zealand and Australia having trailing fronds with dark green buttonlike leaflets

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Daggle-tailed adjective · 78% connection

Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed.

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Dib noun · 78% connection

One of the small bones in the knee joints of sheep uniting the bones above and below the joints.

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Disjoint verb · 78% connection

To separate the joints of; to separate, as parts united by joints; to put out of joint; to force out of its socket; to dislocate; as,…

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Epigaea noun · 78% connection

An American genus of plants, containing but a single species (E. repens), the trailing arbutus.

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Flagellum verb · 78% connection

A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses.

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Ginseng noun · 78% connection

A plant of the genus Aralia, the root of which is highly valued as a medicine among the Chinese. The Chinese plant (Aralia Schinseng)…

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Gout noun · 78% connection

A constitutional disease, occurring by paroxysms. It consists in an inflammation of the fibrous and ligamentous parts of the joints, a…

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Grogginess noun · 78% connection

marginal consciousness; "his grogginess was caused as much by exhaustion as by the blows"; "someone stole his wallet while he was in a…

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Groom noun · 78% connection

One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department; as, the groom of the chamber; th…

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Isis noun · 78% connection

Any coral of the genus Isis, or family Isidae, composed of joints of white, stony coral, alternating with flexible, horny joints. See…

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Joint verb · 78% connection

To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.

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Knotwort noun · 78% connection

A small, herbaceous, trailing plant, of the genus Illecebrum (I. verticillatum).

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