incubously

English

The leaves of Calypogeia are inserted incubously.

Etymology

From incubous +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɪŋ.kjʊ.bəs.li/, /ˈɪn.kjə.bəs.li/

Adverb

incubously (not comparable)

(botany) In an orientation such that distal (anterior) parts of older leaves overlap the proximal (posterior) parts of younger ones.
- 1966, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume I, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 481:
  […] such as in the Lepidoziaceae (with primarily incubously inserted leaves […]

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “of leaves”): succubously

Related terms

Translations

in an orientation such that distal parts of older leaves overlap the proximal parts of younger ones

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