accumbent, decumbent, recumbent
(adjective) lying down; in a position of comfort or rest
Source: WordNet® 3.1
decumbent (not comparable)
Lying down; reclining on the ground.
(botany) Of a plant, which lies on the ground with tips turned upwards.
Source: Wiktionary
De*cum"bent, a. Etym: [L. decumbens, -entis, p. pr. of decumbere; de- + cumbere (only in comp.), cubare to lie down.]
1. Lying down; prostrate; recumbent. The decumbent portraiture of a woman. Ashmole.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Reclining on the ground, as if too weak to stand, and tending to rise at the summit or apex; as, a decumbent stem. Gray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 May 2025
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
