incubous

American  

[in-kyuh-buhs, ing-] / ˈɪn kyə bəs, ˈɪŋ- /

adjective

1. (of leaves) overlapping, with the upper part of each leaf covering the base of the leaf above it.

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incubous British  

/ ˈɪnkjʊbəs /

adjective

1. (of a liverwort) having the leaves arranged so that the upper margin of each leaf lies above the lower margin of the next leaf along Compare succubous

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Etymology

Origin of incubous

1855–60; < Latin incub ( āre ) to lie upon ( see incubate) + -ous

Example Sentences

Leaves transverse or slightly incubous, 3–4-parted, the divisions capillary; underleaves smaller, mostly 2–3-parted.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Leaves large, incubous or nearly transverse, narrow, 3-ranked, the underleaves being scarcely smaller, cleft to or below the middle, the lobes acute.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Leaves large, incubous, flat or convex, entire or retuse; underleaves small, roundish, the apex entire, retuse or bifid.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Leaves small, incubous, palmately 2–4-cleft or -parted; underleaves similar, often smaller.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Leaves incubous, complicate-bilobed, the lower lobe usually inflated, helmet- or club-shaped; underleaves bifid, rarely entire, with basal rootlets.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa