Accumbent Definition

ə-kŭmbənt
adjective
Lying down; reclining.
American Heritage
Lying down.
Webster's New World
Lying or leaning against something.
Accumbent cotyledons.
American Heritage
Lying against some other part: said esp. of certain cotyledons.
Webster's New World

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

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Noun

Singular:
accumbent
Plural:
accumbents

Origin of Accumbent

  • Latin accumbēns accumbent- present participle of accumbere to recline at table ad- ad- cumbere to recline

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin accumbō (“recline”), from ad (“to”) + cumbō (“recline”)

    From Wiktionary

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