Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, a sucker; a shoot arising from an underground base: applied by Linnæus especially to the leafy upright stems of mosses.
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Examples
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Tandem fit surculus arbor: the twig which Mr. Motley in his earlier volumes has described as slowly putting forth its leaves and rootless, while painfully struggling for existence in a hostile soil, has at last grown into a mighty tree of liberty, drawing sustenance from all lands, and protecting all civilized peoples with its pleasant shade.
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Tandem fit surculus arbor: the twig which Mr. Motley in his earlier volumes has described as slowly putting forth its leaves and rootless, while painfully struggling for existence in a hostile soil, has at last grown into a mighty tree of liberty, drawing sustenance from all lands, and protecting all civilized peoples with its pleasant shade.
The Unseen World and Other Essays John Fiske 1871
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His motto, "Tandem fit surculus arbor," "the twig shall yet become a tree" -- was to be nobly justified by his career.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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His motto, "Tandem fit surculus arbor," "the twig shall yet become a tree" -- was to be nobly justified by his career.
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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His motto, "Tandem fit surculus arbor," "the twig shall yet become a tree" -- was to be nobly justified by his career.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce, 1584 John Lothrop Motley 1845
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At length the twig was becoming the tree -- 'tandem fit surculus arbor' -- according to the device assumed by the son of William the Silent after his father's death.
History of the United Netherlands, 1590-99 — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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At length the twig was becoming the tree -- 'tandem fit surculus arbor' -- according to the device assumed by the son of William the Silent after his father's death.
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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At length the twig was becoming the tree -- 'tandem fit surculus arbor' -- according to the device assumed by the son of William the Silent after his father's death.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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At length the twig was becoming the tree -- 'tandem fit surculus arbor' -- according to the device assumed by the son of William the Silent after his father's death.
History of the United Netherlands, 1590a John Lothrop Motley 1845
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His motto, "Tandem fit surculus arbor," "the twig shall yet become a tree" -- was to be nobly justified by his career.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-86) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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