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soboles

soboles

9.9
New shoots that grow from a plant's base
  • noun
  • Archaic
: surgencia
  • After pruning, new soboles quickly appeared around the rose bush.

Examples

  • Gardeners often remove soboles to encourage the main stem to grow stronger.

  • The botanist identified several soboles at the base of the ancient oak.

  • The gardener planted new soboles around the old tree.

  • Many soboles sprouted after the heavy rain.

  • The botanist identified several soboles at the base of the ancient oak.

  • After pruning, new soboles quickly appeared around the rose bush.

  • Gardeners often remove soboles to encourage the main stem to grow stronger.

Synonyms

sprout
vssoboles
61 1.8

A young shoot on a plant that grows from a seed

focuses on growth from the plant base or roots rather than from seed
tiller
vssoboles
  • Specialized
1 9.3

A shoot that grows from the base of a grass plant and can become a new plant

applies to base shoots in any plant not only grasses
stolon
vssoboles
  • Specialized
1 9.2

A side stem that grows from the base of a plant and makes new plants

is about upright base shoots rather than long running stems
sobole
vssoboles
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A small shoot that grows from the base of a plant and can form a new stem

refers to several shoots growing from the base or roots

Surface Forms

sobole singular
soboles plural

Etymology

Soboles comes from the same old Slavic root sobol- that also meant 'shoot' or 'sprout'. That's why gardeners and writers call the new stems at a plant's base soboles — they are like the plant's 'children'.