SUCCUBOUS Definition & Meaning

succubous

[ suhk-yuh-buhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Botany.

(of leaves) overlapping, with the base of each leaf covering part of that under it.

succubous

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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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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of succubous¹

1855–60; < Latin succub ( �� ) to lie under ( succuba ) + -ous

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�y��vlog 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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