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Anterior vs Succubous - What's the difference?

anterior | succubous |

As adjectives the difference between anterior and succubous

is that anterior is before in place while succubous is (botany) describing an arrangement of leaves such that proximal (posterior) parts of older leaves overlap the distal (anterior) parts of younger ones.

anterior

English

Alternative forms

* anteriour (obsolete)

Adjective

(-)
  • Before in place.
  • Before or earlier in time; prior to; preceding.
  • (anatomy) Nearer the forward end; nearer the head of an animal or the front of a human.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * (before in place) posterior * (anatomy) posterior

    Derived Terms

    * anteriorly

    Coordinate terms

    * *

    Anagrams

    * ----

    succubous

    English

    (wikipedia succubous)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (botany) Describing an arrangement of leaves such that proximal (posterior) parts of older leaves overlap the distal (anterior) parts of younger ones.
  • *
    • If the apical cell is slightly antically displaced, a succubous orientation of the leaf rudiments results

    Antonyms

    * (of leaves) incubous

    Derived terms

    * succubously

    Related terms

    * succubus