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

Stems thalloid, with large subquadrate succubous leaves; 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 Gray, Asa

Leaves large, succubous, rounded or truncate above, dentate or spinose or rarely entire, the dorsal margin reflexed; underleaves usually 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 Gray, Asa

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

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

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 succubous, semi-vertical, ovate, emarginate; underleaves connate with the leaves, ovate or lanceolate, 1-toothed at base.

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