- Lying down; reclining.
- Botany. Lying or leaning against something: accumbent cotyledons.
[Latin accumbēns, accumbent-, present participle of accumbere, to recline at table : ad-, ad- + cumbere, to recline.]
accumbent
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ac·cum·bent (ə-kŭm'bənt)  |
adj.
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The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
lying down; in a position of comfort or rest
Synonyms: decumbent, recumbent, reclining
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