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soboles

soboles

9.9
New shoots that grow from a plant's base
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : 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
62 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
sobole
vssoboles
  • Archaic
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
stolon
vssoboles
  • Specialized
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

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'.