succubously
advUK, US /ˈsʌk.jʊ.bəs.li/
Etymology From succubous + -ly.
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Biology, Botany, Natural sciences 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