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Succubous
Suc′cu-bous
,Adj.
[See
Succuba
.] (Bot.)
Having the leaves so placed that the upper part of each one is covered by the base of the next higher leaf, as in hepatic mosses of the genus
Plagiochila
. Definition 2024
succubous
succubous
English
Adjective
succubous (not comparable)
- (botany) Describing an arrangement of leaves such that proximal (posterior) parts of older leaves overlap the distal (anterior) parts of younger ones.
- 1966, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume I, page 482
- If the apical cell is slightly antically displaced, a succubous orientation of the leaf rudiments results […]
- 1966, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume I, page 482
Antonyms
- (of leaves): incubous
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Translations
describing an arrangement of leaves such that proximal parts of older leaves overlap the distal parts of younger ones