Definition of Surculi

1. surculus [n] - See also: surculus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Surculi

surcharging
surcingle
surcingled
surcingles
surcingling
surcle
surcles
surcloy
surcloyed
surcloying
surcloys
surcoat
surcoated
surcoats
surculation
surculi (current term)
surculose
surculus
surd
surdiny
surdities
surdity
surds
sure
sure-enough(a)
sure-fire
sure-footed
sure-footedness
sure-handed
sure as eggs

Literary usage of Surculi

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge by Smithsonian Institution (1858)
"B.) Hob, On sand-covered rocks at Key West, abundant, WHH (vy) surculi prostrate, widely creeping and rooting from the lower side, everywhere densely ..."

2. A synopsis of the British mosses by Charles Codrington Pressick Hobkirk (1873)
"Caps. oval erect, on a short pedicel ; calyptra large ; outer teeth 16 bifid or perforate, not hygroscopic ; surculi erect simple ; leaves plicato-striate, ..."

3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"Perennial, 4-12 in. high: basal shoots or surculi short, prostrate, ... flat, entire and obtuse; the lower and those of the surculi spatulate, attenuate to ..."

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