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Night-blooming cereus does the opposite, springing into flower only under cover of darkness, as bewitching as a succubus.
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Origin and Etymology of succubus
Middle English, from Medieval Latin, alteration of Latin succuba paramour, from succubare to lie under, from sub- + cubare to lie, recline
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First Known Use: 14th century
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