accumbent

[ uh-kuhm-buhnt ]

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adjective

reclining; recumbent: accumbent posture.
Botany. lying against something.

Origin of accumbent

1650–60; <Latin accumbent- (stem of accumbēns, present participle of accumbere), equivalent to ac-ac- + cumb- (nasalized variant of cub- lie, recline; see covey) + -ent--ent

Other words from accumbent

ac·cum·ben·cy, noun

Words Nearby accumbent

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How to use accumbent in a sentence

accumbent, ak-kumb′ent, adj. lying down or reclining on a couch.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) | Various
The radicle r is folded on the edges of the cotyledons c which are accumbent.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 | Various
Seed of Bitter Cress, Barbarea, cut across to show the accumbent cotyledons.
The Elements of Botany | Asa Gray
Cotyledons accumbent, flattened, equal or nearly so, petiolate.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States | Asa Gray
The cotyledons are accumbent when they lie with their edges against the radicle, 128.
The Elements of Botany | Asa Gray

British Dictionary definitions for accumbent

accumbent

/ (əˈkʌmbənt) /

adjective

botany (of plant parts and plants) lying against some other part or thing
a rare word for recumbent

Origin of accumbent

C18: from Latin accumbere to recline

Derived forms of accumbent

accumbency, noun

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