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incubous, a. Bot.|ˈɪnkjuːbəs| [f. L. incubā-re to lie on + -ous.] (See quots.).
1857Berkeley Cryptog. Botany §489. 444 The leaves [of some Liverworts] are disposed after two different plans, according to which they have received the name succubous or incubous. In the former case they are disposed in a spiral which turns from left to right, and consequently the anterior border of each inferior leaf is covered by the posterior border of that immediately above. In the latter, the spiral turns from right to left, and the anterior border of each inferior leaf covers the posterior border of the leaf placed immediately above it. 1880Gray Struct. Bot. (ed. 6) 416/2 Incubous, the tip of one leaf or other part lying flat over the base of the next above it. |