sobol

plural sobols

1. alternativeAlternative form of sobole.

   Rhizomes are of two kinds, slender and fleshy. The slender rhizome, or sobol (Fig. 16), is popularly called the creeping stem of the plant.

   1897, Lucius Elmer Sayre, A Manual of Organic Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy, page 25

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   Stems [...] erect or somewhat decumbent at base, rising from an elongate, rhizome-like, root-bearing organ, representing a sobol of the previous season.

   1952, Henry Allan Gleason, The New Britton and Brown Illustrated Flora of the Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada

plural Sobols · alternative Sabol · alternative Sobal · alternative Sobel

1. A surname.