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soca

Pronunciation: [ˈso̞.kə]

“soca” is a Catalan word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. trunk (of a tree)
  2. stump (remains of the base of a tree)
  3. strain (a particular breed or race of animal, microbe etc.)
  4. synonym of pinya (“large cluster of castellers forming the base of a castell”)

In Catalan

  1. Part del tronc de l'arbre pròxima a les arrels.
  2. Grup de bacteris amb determinades característiques genètiques que els diferencien d'altres de la mateixa varietat, tots ells amb un antecessor comú.

Etymology

Borrowed from Gaulish *tsukka, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (“stock; stump”). Compare French souche.

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