incubous en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈɪŋ.kjʊ.bəs/ (UK, US)
- /ˈɪn.kjə.bəs/ (UK, US)
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Describing an arrangement of leaves such that distal (anterior) parts of older leaves overlap the proximal (posterior) parts of younger ones.
If the apical cell is slightly postically displaced, an incubous orientation of the leaf rudiments ensues […]
1966 October, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, “Morphology of the Vegetative Organs”, in The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume I, New York, N.Y.; London: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 482:
Antonyms
succubous (antonym(s) of “of leaves”)