soboles

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin sobolēs.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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

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soboles

  1. plural of sobole

References

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Latin

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Noun

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soboles

  1. Alternative form of subolēs

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sobolēs sobolēs
Genitive sobolis sobolum
Dative sobolī sobolibus
Accusative sobolem sobolēs
Ablative sobole sobolibus
Vocative sobolēs sobolēs