incubous
English
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The leaves of Calypogeia are incubous.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈɪŋ.kjʊ.bəs/, /ˈɪn.kjə.bəs/
- Homophone: incubus
Adjective
incubous (not comparable)
- (botany) Describing an arrangement of leaves such that distal (anterior) parts of older leaves overlap the proximal (posterior) parts of younger ones.
- 1966, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume I, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, OCLC 896653355, page 482:
- If the apical cell is slightly postically displaced, an incubous orientation of the leaf rudiments ensues […]
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Antonyms
- (of leaves): succubous
Derived terms
- incubously
Related terms
- incubus
Translations
describing an arrangement of leaves such that distal parts of older leaves overlap the proximal parts of younger ones