Accumbent Definition

ə-kŭmbənt

adjective

Lying down; reclining.

American Heritage

Lying down.

Webster's New World

Lying or leaning against something.

Accumbent cotyledons.

American Heritage

Lying against some other part: said esp. of certain cotyledons.

Webster's New World

Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals.

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Other Word Forms of Accumbent

Singular:

accumbent

Plural:

accumbents

Latin accumbēns accumbent- present participle of accumbere to recline at table ad- ad- cumbere to recline

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin accumbō (“recline”), from ad (“to”) + cumbō (“recline”)

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