succubous

American

[suhk-yuh-buhs] / ˈsʌk yə bəs /

adjective

Botany.

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

succubous British

/ ˈsʌkjʊbəs /

adjective

(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

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

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Stems thalloid, with large subquadrate succubous leaves; underleaves none.

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Leaves rather narrow, complicate-bilobed, the lobes subequal or the upper smaller, the lower succubous; underleaves none.

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Leaves succubous, bidentate; underleaves 2-cleft, with linear divisions.

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Leaves succubous, dorsally decurrent, obliquely ovate-oblong, broadly truncate or bidentate; underleaves smaller, more or less quadrate, bifid or with 4–8 capillary lobes.

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