succubous

English

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌk.jʊ.bəs/, /ˈsʌk.jə.bəs/
Homophone: succubus

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 […]

Antonyms

(of leaves): incubous

Derived terms

succubously

Related terms

succubus

Translations

describing an arrangement of leaves such that proximal parts of older leaves overlap the distal parts of younger ones

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