The term incubous describes the way in which the leaves of a liverwort are attached to the stem. If one were to look down from above (dorsal side) on a plant where the leaf attachment is incubous, the upper edge of each leaf would overlap the next higher leaf along the stem. Because of this, the upper edge of each leaf is visible from above, but t...
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• (a.) Having the leaves so placed that the upper part of each one covers the base of the leaf next above it, as in hepatic mosses of the genus Frullania. See Succubous.
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In'cu·bous adjective [ From Latin
incubare to lie on.]
(Botany) Having the leaves so placed that the upper part of each one covers the base of the leaf next above it, as in hepatic mosses of the genus
Frullania . See
Succubous .
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(of leaves) overlapping, with the upper part of each leaf covering the base of the leaf above it. Cf. succubous.
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