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surculus

surculus noun: a shoot from a rootstock; a sucker.

Noun

surculus (plural surculi)

  1. A shoot from a rootstock; a sucker.

Forms of surculus

pluralsurculi

Origin of surculus

Borrowed from Latin surculus. Doublet of surcle.

Questions about surculus

What does surculus mean?
Surculus means a shoot from a rootstock; a sucker.
What part of speech is surculus?
Surculus is a noun.
What is the plural of surculus?
The plural of surculus is surculi.

Words near surculus in the dictionary

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

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