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surcle

surcle noun: a little shoot or branch; a twig; a sucker.

Noun

surcle (plural surcles)

  1. (obsolete) A little shoot or branch; a twig; a sucker.
    • And even that seeds themselves in their rudimentall discoveries appear in foliaceous surcles, or sprouts within their coverings, in a diaphanous gellie, before deeper incrassation, is also visibly verified in Cherries, Acorns, Plums.1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus

Forms of surcle

pluralsurcles

Origin of surcle

Borrowed from Latin surculus. Doublet of surculus.

Questions about surcle

What does surcle mean?
Surcle means a little shoot or branch; a twig; a sucker.
What part of speech is surcle?
Surcle is a noun.
What is the plural of surcle?
The plural of surcle is surcles.

Words near surcle in the dictionary

  1. surcharging
  2. surcingle
  3. surcingled
  4. surcingles
  5. surcingling
  6. surcle
  7. surcles
  8. surcloy
  9. surcloyed
  10. surcloying
  11. surcloys

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