单词 | incubous |
释义 | incubousadj. Botany. (See quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [adjective] > characterized by type of foliation or vernation 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1857 |
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