sobole

British

/ ˈsəʊbəʊl /

noun

a creeping underground stem that produces roots and buds; a sucker

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Etymology

Origin of sobole

back formation from soboles (originally a sing), from Latin soboles a shoot, from subolescere to grow

Example Sentences

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Per Alexandrum Humium ex antiqua et nobili gente Humiorum in Scotia, xi a primâ stirpe quinta sobole oriundum.

From Of the Orthographie and Congruitie of the Britan Tongue A Treates, noe shorter than necessarie, for the Schooles by Wheatley, Henry Benjamin

Ac ill� ex justis nuptiis inter Henricum Septimum et dominam Elizabetham clarissimos nostros parentes contractis in nobis inde legitim� nat� sobole sopit� tandem desierunt.

From The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) by Froude, James Anthony

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