a. Bot. [f. L. suc- = SUB- 2 + cub- (cumbĕre) to lie + -OUS.] Having the upper margin of each leaf covered by the lower margin of the one succeeding it: applied to some of the Jungermanniaceæ.
1857. [see INCUBOUS].
1861. H. Macmillan, Footn. Page Nat., 49. [The leaves of the liverworts] are disposed either in a spiral which turns from left to right, in which case they are called succubous, or in a spiral which turns from right to left, when they receive the name of incubous leaves.
