succubous

American  

[suhk-yuh-buhs] / ˈsʌk yə bəs /

adjective

Botany.

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

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succubous British  

/ ˈsʌkjʊbəs /

adjective

1. (of a liverwort) having the leaves arranged so that the upper margin of each leaf is covered by the lower margin of the next leaf along Compare incubous

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Etymology

Origin of succubous

1855–60; < Latin succub ( āre ) to lie under ( succuba ) + -ous

Example Sentences

Plant-body pseudo-foliaceous with succubous leaf-like lobes.

From Project Gutenberg

Leaves succubous, 4–5-divided, and with the underleaves setaceously fringed.

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Leaves mostly succubous, chiefly 2-lobed, the margins uniformly plane or subincurved; underleaves smaller, often wanting except on fruiting branches.

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Leaves succubous, ovate or roundish, entire or retuse, rarely bidentate; underleaves minute, sometimes obscure or wanting.

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Leaves complicate-bilobed, the upper lobe smaller, the lower succubous; margins entire or dentate or ciliate; underleaves none.

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