English

Adverb

succubously ‎(not comparable)

1. (botany) In an orientation such that proximal (posterior) parts of older leaves overlap the distal (anterior) parts of younger ones.
   • 1966, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume I, page 481

     […] and the Trichocoleaceae (with predominantly succubously inserted leaves but Eotrichocolea with the leaves incubous;

Antonyms

• (of leaves): incubously

Related terms

• succubous
• succubus

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