abstract:The term succubous is used to describe the way in which the leaves of a liverwort are attached to the stem. If one was to look down from above (dorsal side) on a plant where the leaf attachment is succubous, the lower edge of each leaf would overlap the next lower leaf along the stem.
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(of a liverwort) having the leaves arranged so that the upper margin of each leaf is covered by the lower margin of the next leaf along (地钱)蔽后式的
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incubous