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suc•cu•bous
(suk′yə bəs),USA pronunciation adj. [Bot.]
- Botany(of leaves) overlapping, with the base of each leaf covering part of that under it. Cf. incubous.
- Latin succub(āre) to lie under (see succuba) + -ous
- 1855–60
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