soboles

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/ˈsɑbəˌliz//ˈsoʊ.boʊˌliz/plural/ˈsoʊˌboʊlz/plural/ˈsoʊˌbɑlz/

noun

A shoot that runs along underground and forms new plants at short distances.

OriginLatin sobolēs →
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Meanings

noun
  1. archaicbiologyA shoot that runs along underground and forms new plants at short distances.

    Producing young plants from a soboles.

    1860, Robert Fowler, The medical vocabulary, page 306
    1 more example

    A soboles is a [...] creeping under-ground stem, sending roots from one part and leaf-buds from another, as in Couch grass, […]

    1851, John Hutton Balfour, A Manual of Botany, page 35
  2. archaicbiologyA sucker, as of a tree or shrub.
noun
  1. pluralplural of sobole

Origin

  1. Latinsobolēs
  2. Englishsoboles

From Latin sobolēs.

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APA

soboles. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soboles

MLA

“soboles.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soboles. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soboles,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soboles.

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