DECUMBENT

accumbent, decumbent, recumbent

(adjective) lying down; in a position of comfort or rest

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

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

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