succubous

American  

[suhk-yuh-buhs] / ˈsʌk jə 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 ( see succuba) + -ous

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Example Sentences

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succubous

Leaves succubous, rarely subtransverse, entire, lobed or dentate, the margins never recurved; underleaves present or none.

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 Asa Gray

Leaves succubous, dorsally decurrent, mostly rounded and entire; underleaves rooting at the base, usually deeply 2-cleft.

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 Asa Gray

Leaves succubous, semi-vertical, circular, or ovate and pointed; underleaves subulate.

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 Asa Gray

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

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 Asa Gray

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

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 Asa Gray

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