surculose

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/ˈsɜː(ɹ)kjʊləʊz/

adjective

Producing suckers or sucker-like shoots.

OriginLatin surculōsus →
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Meanings

adjectivesurculose (comparative more surculose, superlative most surculose)

comparative more surculose · superlative most surculose

  1. biologyProducing suckers or sucker-like shoots.

Origin

  1. Latinsurculōsus
  2. Englishsurculose

From Latin surculōsus, from surculus + -ōsus, from sūrus (“post, stake, branch”) + -culus (“diminutive suffix”). See surcle. By surface analysis, Latin sur- + -ule + -ose.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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