incubously
advUK, US /ˈɪŋ.kjʊ.bəs.li/
Etymology From incubous + -ly.
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Biology, Botany, Natural sciences 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