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succubous
[ suhk-yuh-buhs ]
adjective
Botany.
- (of leaves) overlapping, with the base of each leaf covering part of that under it.
succubous
/ ˈʌʊə /
adjective
- (of a liverwort) having the leaves arranged so that the upper margin of each leaf is covered by the lower margin of the next leaf along Compare incubous
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of succubous1
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of succubous1
C19: from Late Latin succubare : see succubus
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Plant-body pseudo-foliaceous with succubous leaf-like lobes.
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Stems thalloid, with large subquadrate succubous leaves; underleaves none.
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Leaves rather narrow, complicate-bilobed, the lobes subequal or the upper smaller, the lower succubous; underleaves none.
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Leaves succubous, bidentate; underleaves 2-cleft, with linear divisions.
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Leaves succubous, dorsally decurrent, obliquely ovate-oblong, broadly truncate or bidentate; underleaves smaller, more or less quadrate, bifid or with 4–8 capillary lobes.
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