sobolesn.
/ˈsɒbɒliːz/ Botany.† 1. A shoot, a sprout. Obsolete.
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the world > plants > part of plant > shoot, sprout, or branch > [noun]
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a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 138 I..observed a new pearly brood of soboles at the root of the said winter-shoot.
a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 245 Through the center of which tufts the new soboles are formed, and issue out.
2. A creeping underground stem.
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the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [noun] > underground
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1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. 55 The Creeping stem..(soboles).
1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. 56 The term soboles is applied by Link and de Candolle to the sucker of trees and shrubs.]
1858 A. Irvine Handbk. Brit. Plants 7 The soboles is entirely underground, producing roots at one end, and leaves at the other.
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