a. Bot. [ad. mod.L. soboliferus: see prec. and -FEROUS.] Bearing shoots.
1753. Chambers’ Cycl., Suppl., s.v. Aloe, The soboliferous American Aloe.
1857. A. Gray, First Less. Bot., 231. Soboliferous, bearing shoots from near the ground. Ibid. (1879), Struct. Bot., Gloss. 433. Soboliferous, bearing vigorous lithe shoots.
