succubously

English

Etymology

From succubous +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈsʌk.jʊ.bəs.li/, /ˈsʌk.jə.bəs.li/

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

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