Home › Words › S › surculussurculussurculus means A shoot from a rootstock; a sucker.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, surculus ranks #14,471 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyBorrowed from Latin surculus. Doublet of surcle.nounA shoot from a rootstock; a sucker.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.soboles 65% match — A shoot that runs along underground and forms new plants at short distances. vs surculus →watershoot 64% match — A sprig or shoot from the root or stock of a tree. vs surculus →succrescence 63% match — An outward growth from underneath. vs surculus →stoloniferous 60% match — Producing stolons or suckers. vs surculus →rootstock 60% match — A healthy and vigorous-rooted plant that is used in grafting, most commonly as a sound base to support a scion that bears desirable fruit in orchard culture. vs surculus →rootstalk 58% match — Synonym of rhizome. vs surculus →fruticant 57% match — Full of shoots. vs surculus →succrescent 57% match — Growing out from underneath. vs surculus →