succubous

[ suhk-yuh-buhs ]

adjective

, Botany.

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

succubous

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of succubous¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of succubous¹

C19: from Late Latin succubare : see succubus

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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