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Meaning of incubous | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2
ˈɪŋ.kjʊ.bəs

Definitions

Describing an arrangement of leaves such that distal (anterior) parts of older leaves overlap the proximal (posterior) parts of younger ones.

not-comparable

Examples

“If the apical cell is slightly postically displaced, an incubous orientation of the leaf rudiments ensues […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

incudal incudate incudomalleal incudomalleolar incudostapedial incudotympanic

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