soboles

English

Etymology

From Latin sobolēs.

Pronunciation

• ("shoot, sucker"): IPA^(key): /ˈsɑbəˌliz/, /ˈsoʊ.boʊˌliz/
• (plural of sobole): IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊˌboʊlz/, /ˈsoʊˌbɑlz/

Noun

soboles

1. (botany, archaic) A shoot that runs along underground and forms new plants at short distances.
   • 1851, John Hutton Balfour, A Manual of Botany, page 35:

     A soboles is a [...] creeping under-ground stem, sending roots from one part and leaf-buds from another, as in Couch grass,  […]

   • 1860, Robert Fowler, The medical vocabulary, page 306:

     Producing young plants from a soboles.

2. (botany, archaic) A sucker, as of a tree or shrub.

Noun

soboles

1. plural of sobole

References

• “soboles”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “soboles”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “soboles”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “soboles”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Latin

Noun

soboles

1. Alternative form of subolēs

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sobolēs	sobolēs
genitive	sobolis	sobolum
dative	sobolī	sobolibus
accusative	sobolem	sobolēs
ablative	sobole	sobolibus
vocative	sobolēs	sobolēs