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accumbent
[ uh-kuhm-buhnt ]
adjective
- reclining; recumbent:
accumbent posture.
- Botany. lying against something.
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Derived Forms
- acˈcumbency, noun
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Other Words From
- ac·cumben·cy noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of accumbent1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of accumbent1
C18: from Latin accumbere to recline
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Example Sentences
Accumbent, ak-kumb′ent, adj. lying down or reclining on a couch.
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The radicle r is folded on the edges of the cotyledons c which are accumbent.
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Seed of Bitter Cress, Barbarea, cut across to show the accumbent cotyledons.
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Cotyledons accumbent, flattened, equal or nearly so, petiolate.
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The cotyledons are accumbent when they lie with their edges against the radicle, 128.
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