succubously en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ˈsʌk.jʊ.bəs.li/ (UK, US)
- /ˈsʌk.jə.bəs.li/ (UK, US)
Etymology
From succubous + -ly.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) In an orientation such that proximal (posterior) parts of older leaves overlap the distal (anterior) parts of younger ones.
[…] and the Trichocoleaceae (with predominantly succubously inserted leaves but Eotrichocolea with the leaves incubous; […]
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
incubously (antonym(s) of “of leaves”)