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(Science: plant biology) A slender, prostrate or trailing stem which produces roots and sometimes erect shoots at its nodes. A horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips.A form of long stem that lies adjacently to the ground which enables rapid vegetative propogation, i.e. the production of offspring.


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... is that the evolutionary pressure today is different: you do not need to have a good back, strong arms, good vision; you don't need to be a fast runner. You can even cope with conditions that several decades ago would have killed you before you had any children. Instead, the evoltuion is likely ...

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