Definition of Sabulose

1. a. Growing in sandy places.

Definition of Sabulose

1. Adjective. Sabulous. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sabulose

1. sabulous [adj] - See also: sabulous

Medical Definition of Sabulose

1. Growing in sandy places. Origin: L. Sabulosus, from sabulum, sabulo, sand. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sabulose

sabre saw
sabrebill
sabred
sabrelike
sabres
sabretache
sabretaches
sabretasche
sabretasches
sabreur
sabreurs
sabring
sabs
sabugalite
sabuline
sabulose (current term)
sabulosity
sabulous
saburra
saburral
saburras
sabzi
sabzis
sac
sac bunt
sac bunts
sac flies
sac fly
sac fungus

Literary usage of Sabulose

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

1. The Tettigidae of North America by Joseph Lane Hancock (1902)
"Body slender, sabulose-granulose. Color, blackish or fusco-cinereous, frequently the inferior lateral margins of the pronotum yellow. ..."

2. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"sabulose. Growing in sandy places. SAC, SACCUS. A hag or cup ; a term sometimes applied to the coronet of Sta- pelia, &c. ..."

3. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"sabulose, growing in sand. Sac, any closed membrane, or a deep purse-shaped cavity. Saccate, sac-shaped. ..."

4. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1833)
"The soil on which I have seen Sphe'x sabulosa is not very sabulose (gravelly), but is dry from elevation, and friable from tillage. ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Sabulose on Dictionary.com!Search for Sabulose on Thesaurus.com!Search for Sabulose on Google!Search for Sabulose on Wikipedia!

Search