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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INCUBOUS

From Latin incubareincubate.
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PRONUNCIATION OF INCUBOUS

incubous  [ˈɪnkjʊbəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INCUBOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Incubous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES INCUBOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

incubous

Incubous

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 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 the lower edge of each leaf is obscured by its neighboring leaf. The opposite of incubous is succubous.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INCUBOUS


Abbas
ˈæbəs
Arbus
ˈɑːbəs
Barnabas
ˈbɑːnəbəs
colobus
ˈkɒləbəs
Columbus
kəˈlʌmbəs
globous
ˈɡləʊbəs
globus
ˈɡləʊbəs
incubus
ˈɪnkjʊbəs
jacobus
dʒəˈkəʊbəs
lobus
ˈləʊbəs
morbus
ˈmɔːbəs
nimbus
ˈnɪmbəs
niobous
naɪˈəʊbəs
numbers
ˈnʌmbəs
Phoebus
ˈfiːbəs
rebus
ˈriːbəs
rhombus
ˈrɒmbəs
succubous
ˈsʌkjʊbəs
succubus
ˈsʌkjʊbəs
syllabus
ˈsɪləbəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INCUBOUS

incubate
incubation
incubation period
incubational
incubative
incubator
incubatory
incubi
incubus
incudal
incudate
incudes
inculcate
inculcation
inculcative
inculcator
inculcatory
inculpability
inculpable
inculpableness

WORDS THAT END LIKE INCUBOUS

columbous
corymbous
gibbous
glebous
herbous
hydrophobous
limbous
ombrophobous
plumbous
ytterbous
zoophobous

Synonyms and antonyms of incubous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «incubous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INCUBOUS

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incubous
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incubous
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incubous
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incubous
380 millions of speakers
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incubous
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incubous
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incubous
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incubous
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incubous
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Incubous
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incubous
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incubous
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incubous
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Incubous
85 millions of speakers
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incubous
80 millions of speakers

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incubous
75 millions of speakers

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उबदार
75 millions of speakers

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incubous
70 millions of speakers

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incubous
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incubous
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incubous
40 millions of speakers

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incubous
30 millions of speakers
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incubous
15 millions of speakers
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incubous
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incubous
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incubous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of incubous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INCUBOUS»

The term «incubous» is used very little and occupies the 160.867 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INCUBOUS» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INCUBOUS»

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Bryophyte Biology
2.16) and a ventral tilt, an incubous insertion (Fig. 2.1E). Simple thalloid morphologies gradate from almost leafy forms to thalli with distinct, multistratose midribs and unistratose wings to multistratose, undifferentiated, often strap- shaped thalli ...
Arthur Jonathan Shaw, Bernard Goffinet, 2000
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An introduction to Bryophyta: diversity, development and ...
SUCCUBOUS. INCUBOUS. Fig. 5.5. Diagrammatic representation of leal' insertion and orientation in Jungermanniales. A prototype (transverse) from which can be derived: simple succubous, transverse succubous, complicate succubous ...
A. Rashid, 1998
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U.S. Geological Survey professional paper
In other specimens the relationship is reversed, simulating the incubous condition. These arrangements are usually consistent within a given specimen and there is an approximately equal distribution of "succubous" and "incubous" specimens ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1967
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British Mosses and Liverworts: An Introductory Work
These two types of overlapping of the leaves have necessitated the use of two special terms, 'succubous' and 'incubous', the meanings of which are illustrated in the figure. It will be seen that in the succubous arrangement the observer who ...
E. V. Watson, 1981
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Botany for Degree Students Part-III: Bryophyta
The overlapping is of two types, succubous and incubous. In the former, the posterior margin of each leaf overlies the forward edge of the next older leaf on the same side in dorsal view. The common examples of succubous arrangement of ...
B R Vashishta, A K Sinha, Adarsh Kumar, 2011
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The Liverworts of Britain and Ireland
I, Diagram of side view of stem, dorsal and ventral sides indicated; a oblique insertion giving rise to incubous leaves; b J- shaped insertion giving rise to incubous conduplicate leaves; c transverse insertion; d J-shaped insertion giving rise to ...
Anthony John Edwin Smith, 1990
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The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America East of the ...
By contrast, "incubous forms . . . grew in habitats where the water supply came from above, so that water must travel from the tip to the base, i.e., in a direction down the stem which would represent a succubous arrangement." I think simple ...
Rudolf Mathias Schuster, 1969
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Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden
3 -I 1 hr 2 hr 3 hr 4 hr 5 hr 6 hr 24 hr succubous incubous Figs. 1, 2. 1. Histogram of data presented by Clee (1937) in which external rise of a 0.5% (w/v) aqueous eosin solution in a "succubous direction" (solid bar) and an "incubous direction" ...
‎1987
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Cycad Classification: Concepts and Recommendations
See also incubous. succubous. imparipinnate. Of a leaf or leaflet where the rachis or rachilla terminates in a solitary pinna or pinnule. Cf paripinnate. incertae sedis. Of uncertain placement in a classification system. incubous. Arrangement in ...
Terrence Walters, Roy Osborne, 2004
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Annual Plant Reviews, The Evolution of Plant Form
A dorsal tilt leads to a succubous insertion, whereby the forward margin of the leaf points downward, whereas a ventral tilt leads to an incubous insertion with the margin pointing upward. When the alignment is perfect, the insertion is ...
Barbara A. Ambrose, Michael D. Purugganan, 2012

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