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English
Etymology
From succubous + -ly.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈsʌk.jʊ.bəs.li/, /ˈsʌk.jə.bəs.li/
Adverb
succubously (not comparable)
- (botany) In an orientation such that proximal (posterior) parts of older leaves overlap the distal (anterior) parts of younger ones.
1966 October, Rudolf M 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:[…] and the Trichocoleaceae (with predominantly succubously inserted leaves but Eotrichocolea with the leaves incubous; […]
Antonyms
Translations
in an orientation such that proximal parts of older leaves overlap the distal parts of younger ones