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decumbent

 
Dictionary: de·cum·bent   (dĭ-kŭm'bənt) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Lying down; reclining.
  2. Botany. Lying or growing on the ground but with erect or rising tips: decumbent stems.

[Latin dēcumbēns, dēcumbent-, present participle of dēcumbere, to lie down : dē-, de- + -cumbere, to lie down.]

decumbence de·cum'bence (-bəns) or de·cum'ben·cy (-bən-sē) n.

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Lying on the ground but with growing tips turned upward.

decumbent

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: lying down; in a position of comfort or rest
  Synonyms: accumbent, recumbent, reclining


 
 
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