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surcles

surcles is the plural of surcle.

Meaning of surcle

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

Questions about surcles

What is surcles the plural of?
Surcles is the plural of surcle.

Words near surcles in the dictionary

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

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