incubously

English

Etymology

From incubous +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈɪŋ.kjʊ.bəs.li/, /ˈɪn.kjə.bəs.li/

Adverb

incubously (not comparable)

  1. (botany) In an orientation such that distal (anterior) parts of older leaves overlap the proximal (posterior) parts of younger ones.
    • 1966 October, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume I, New York, N.Y.; London: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 481:
      […] such as in the Lepidoziaceae (with primarily incubously inserted leaves […]

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