Soaks up

• Old-World trees
• Gathers on the surface, chemically
• European apples
• Rowans or service trees
• European trees or apples
• Gathers on a surface, chemically

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n. (plural of sorb English)

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The Surbi , also known as Sorbs in modern historiography , was an Early Slavic tribe in Lower Lusatia , part of the Wends . In the 7th century, the tribe was part of Samo's Empire . The tribe is last mentioned in the late 10th century.