See Also: incubous(medicine)
incubous(dictionary)

incubous (iou)



incubous adjective. M19.
[from Latin incubare lie on, INCUBATE verb + -OUS.]
Botany. (Of a leaf, esp. in a foliose liverwort) pointing forward so that its upper edge overlaps the lower edge of the leaf above; (of a plant) having its leaves so arranged. Opp. SUCCUBOUS.