accumbency

Variant of accumbent

accumbent definition

ac·cum·bent (ə kum′bənt)

adjective

  1. lying down
  2. Bot. lying against some other part: said esp. of certain cotyledons

Etymology: L accumbens, prp. of accumbere < ad-, to + cubare, to recline

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