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English
Etymology
From Latin sobolēs.
Pronunciation
- ("shoot, sucker"): IPA(key): /ˈsɑbəˌliz/, /ˈsoʊ.boʊˌliz/
- (plural of sobole): IPA(key): /ˈsoʊˌboʊlz/, /ˈsoʊˌbɑlz/
Noun
soboles
- (botany, archaic) A shoot that runs along underground and forms new plants at short distances.
1851, John Hutton Balfour, A Manual of Botany, page 35:A soboles is a [...] creeping under-ground stem, sending roots from one part and leaf-buds from another, as in Couch grass, […]
1860, Robert Fowler, The medical vocabulary, page 306:Producing young plants from a soboles.
- (botany, archaic) A sucker, as of a tree or shrub.
Noun
soboles
- plural of sobole
References
- “soboles”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “soboles”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “soboles”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “soboles”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Latin
Noun
soboles
- Alternative form of subolēs
Declension
Third-declension noun.