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surculose

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sur⋅cu⋅lose

  [sur-kyuh-lohs]
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–adjective Botany.
producing suckers.
Origin:
1835–45; < L surculōsus twiggy, equiv. to surcul(us) shoot, twig + -ōsus -ose 1
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sur·cu·lose   (sûr'kyə-lōs')   
adj.   Botany
Producing suckers: a surculose shrub.

[Latin surculōsus, woody, from surculus, diminutive of surus, branch, post.]
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