succubous

English

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

succubous (not comparable)

1. (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[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume I, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 482:

     If the apical cell is slightly antically displaced, a succubous orientation of the leaf rudiments results […]

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “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