Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
stolo prolifer (which see, understolo ).
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Examples
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The start and germ-stock of the pieces on which the present speculation is founded are undoubtedly (with, at the outset, no small amount of bungling work) in Henry VI.
What Lurks Behind Shaksperes Historical Plays?. November Boughs 1892
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The start and germ-stock of the pieces on which the present speculation is founded are undoubtedly (with, at the outset, no small amount of bungling work) in "Henry VI."
November Boughs ; from Complete Poetry and Collected Prose 1855
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The start and germ-stock of the pieces on which the present speculation is founded are undoubtedly (with, at the outset, no small amount of bungling work) in "Henry VI."
Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy Walt Whitman 1855
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