incubous
adjUK, US /ˈɪŋ.kjʊ.bəs/
1
Biology, Botany, Natural sciences 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
- Derived terms
- incubously
- Related terms
- incubus