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soboles

/ˈsɑbəˌliz/

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plural/ˈsoʊˌboʊlz/

soboles noun: a shoot that runs along underground and forms new plants at short distances. Also the plural of sobole.

Noun

soboles

  1. (archaic) A shoot that runs along underground and forms new plants at short distances.
    • 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
    • Producing young plants from a soboles.1860, Robert Fowler, The medical vocabulary, page 306
  2. (archaic) A sucker, as of a tree or shrub.

Also used as

soboles is also the plural of sobole.

Origin of soboles

From Latin sobolēs.

Words formed from soboles

Questions about soboles

What does soboles mean?
Soboles means a shoot that runs along underground and forms new plants at short distances.
What part of speech is soboles?
Soboles is a noun.
How do you pronounce soboles?
Soboles is pronounced /ˈsɑbəˌliz/.

Words near soboles in the dictionary

  1. SoBo
  2. Sobocinski
  3. Sobocinskis
  4. sobol
  5. sobole
  6. soboles
  7. Soboleski
  8. Soboleskis
  9. Sobolev space
  10. Sobolev spaces
  11. sobolevite

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