Definition of Soboles

1. n. A shoot running along under ground, forming new plants at short distances.

Definition of Soboles

1. sobole [n] - See also: sobole

Medical Definition of Soboles

1. A shoot running along under ground, forming new plants at short distances. A sucker, as of tree or shrub. Origin: L. Soboles = a short. (11 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Soboles

soberises
soberize
soberized
soberizes
soberizing
soberly
soberness
sobernesses
sobers
sobers up
sobersided
sobersidedness
sobersides
sobful
sobole
soboles (current term)
sobolevite
sobolevskite
soboliferous
sobornost
sobornost'
sobralia
sobre-vest
sobrieties
sobriety
sobriquet
sobriquets
sobs
soc
soc.

Literary usage of Soboles

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

1. Memoirs of the Duke of Sully: Prime Minister to Henry the Great by Maximilien de Béthune Sully, Walter Scott (1890)
"Troubles at Metz—Henry goes thither and banishes the soboles—Other affairs transacted in this journey—Memorial against the Cardinal d'Ossat—Examination of ..."

2. English Etymologies by William Henry Fox Talbot (1847)
"And soboles, a descendant; ex, gr. " Cara Deum soboles"—meant originally a young shoot.* Hence it is not improbable that Seps, originally stocks of vines ..."

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