Incubous

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈɪŋ.kjÊŠ.bÉ™s/, /ˈɪn.kjÉ™.bÉ™s/
• Homophones: incubus

Full definition of incubous

Adjective

1. (botany) Describing an arrangement of leaves such that distal (anterior) parts of older leaves overlap the proximal (posterior) parts of younger ones.
• Schuster Hepaticae I|482If the apical cell is slightly postically displaced, an incubous orientation of the leaf rudiments ensues...

Antonyms

• (of leaves) succubous

Derived terms

• incubously

Related terms

• incubus