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ac·cum·bent (

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adj.

1. Lying down; reclining.

2. Botany Lying or leaning against something: accumbent cotyledons.

[Latin accumbns, accumbent-, present participle of accumbere, to recline at table : ad-, ad- + cumbere, to recline.]

accumbent [əˈkʌmbənt]

adj

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany (of plant parts and plants) lying against some other part or thing

2. a rare word for recumbent

[from Latin accumbere to recline]

accumbency n

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Adj.

accumbent - lying down; in a position of comfort or rest

decumbent, recumbent

unerect - not upright in position or posture

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