INCUBOUS

Adjective

incubous (not comparable)

(botany) Describing an arrangement of leaves such that distal (anterior) parts of older leaves overlap the proximal (posterior) parts of younger ones.

Antonyms

• (of leaves): succubous

Source: Wiktionary


In"cu*bous, a. Etym: [From L. incubare to lie on.] (Bot.)

Definition: Having the leaves so placed that the upper part of each one covers the base of the leaf next above it, as in hepatic mosses of the genus Frullania. See Succubous.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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