incubousadj.
/ˈɪnkjuːbəs/ Botany.
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obvolute1760
conduplicate1777
convolute1785
valvate1829
circinate1830
gyrate1830
induplicate1830
supervolute1832
supervolutive1841
rectiserial1849
circinating1857
incubous1857
succubous1857
induplicative1864
convolutive1866
circinal1880
obvolutive1886
tricussate1900
1857 M. J. Berkeley Introd. Cryptogamic Bot. §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.
1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. 416/2 Incubous, the tip of one leaf or other part lying flat over the base of the next above it.
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adj.1857