definition of the word accumbent

Latin accumb + -ent

ac-cumb*ent aah-KUHM-bint

accumbent (comparative more accumbent, superlative most accumbent)

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

   Quotations

   • The Roman ... accumbent posture in eating. - Arbuthnot

2. (botany) Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf - Gray

   Quotations

   • Accumbent cotyledons have their edges placed against the caulicle. - Eaton

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