incubously en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ˈɪŋ.kjʊ.bəs.li/ (UK, US)
- /ˈɪn.kjə.bəs.li/ (UK, US)
Etymology
From incubous + -ly.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) In an orientation such that distal (anterior) parts of older leaves overlap the proximal (posterior) parts of younger ones.
[…] such as in the Lepidoziaceae (with primarily incubously inserted leaves […]
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:
Antonyms
succubously (antonym(s) of “of leaves”)