( Stoloniferous ( ( -LRB- ( ( ( ( ( ( a stolon ) ( is ( ( a ( horizontal branch ) ) ( from ( ( the base ) ( of ( ( a plant ) ( that ( ( produces ( new plants ) ) ( from ( ( buds ( at ( its ( ( tip or ) nodes ) ) ) ) ( -LRB- ( ( like ( ( a strawberry ) does ) ) -RRB- ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) , ) also ) ( called ( a runner ) ) ) -RRB- ) ) ( , ( it ( ( will ( ( form ( a ( dense groundcover ) ) ) ( over time ) ) ) . ) ) ) ) )
(ROOT (S (ADVP (RB Stoloniferous)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-) (S (S (NP (DT a) (NN stolon)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (DT a) (JJ horizontal) (NN branch)) (PP (IN from) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN base)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN plant)) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (VBZ produces) (NP (JJ new) (NNS plants)) (PP (IN from) (NP (NP (NNS buds)) (PP (IN at) (NP (PRP$ its) (NN tip) (CC or) (NNS nodes))) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-) (SBAR (IN like) (S (NP (DT a) (NN strawberry)) (VP (VBZ does)))) (-RRB- -RRB-)))))))))))))) (, ,) (ADVP (RB also)) (S (VP (VBN called) (NP (DT a) (NN runner))))) (-RRB- -RRB-)) (, ,) (NP (PRP it)) (VP (MD will) (VP (VB form) (NP (DT a) (JJ dense) (NN groundcover)) (PP (IN over) (NP (NN time))))) (. .)))
Stoloniferous (a stolon is a horizontal branch from the base of a plant that produces new plants from buds at its tip or nodes (like a strawberry does), also called a runner), it will form a dense groundcover over time.
(ROOT (S (S (NP (DT Some) (NNS plants)) (VP (VP (VBP have) (NP (NNS stolons))) (, ,) (CC or) (VP (VBZ stems)))) (, ,) (NP (DT that)) (VP (VP (VBP run) (PRT (RP along)) (NP (DT the) (NN ground))) (CC and) (VP (VBP are) (ADVP (RB commonly)) (VP (VBN called) (NP (NNS runners))))) (. .)))