Hypertext Webster Gateway: "accumbent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Accumbent \Ac*cum"bent\ (-bent), a.
1. Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals.
The Roman . . . accumbent posture in eating.
--Arbuthnot.
2. (Bot.) Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf
against another leaf. --Gray.
Accumbent cotyledons have their edges placed against
the caulicle. --Eaton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Accumbent \Ac*cum"bent\, n.
One who reclines at table.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
accumbent
adj : lying down; in a position of comfort or rest [syn: {decumbent},
{recumbent}, {reclining}]
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