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surculose

/ˈsɜː(ɹ)kjʊləʊz/

surculose adjective: producing suckers or sucker-like shoots.

Adjective

surculose (comparative more surculose, superlative most surculose)

  1. Producing suckers or sucker-like shoots.

Forms of surculose

comparativemore surculose
superlativemost surculose

Origin of surculose

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

Questions about surculose

What does surculose mean?
Surculose means producing suckers or sucker-like shoots.
What part of speech is surculose?
Surculose is an adjective.
How do you pronounce surculose?
Surculose is pronounced /ˈsɜː(ɹ)kjʊləʊz/.

Words near surculose in the dictionary

  1. surcoat
  2. surcoated
  3. surcoats
  4. surcomplex
  5. surculi
  6. surculose
  7. surculoside
  8. surculus
  9. surcurrent
  10. surd
  11. Surdila-Greci

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