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, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume I, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 481:

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

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “of leaves”): incubously

Related terms

• succubous
• succubus

Translations

in an orientation such that proximal parts of older leaves overlap the distal parts of younger ones