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accumbent

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ac⋅cum⋅bent

  [uh-kuhm-buhnt]
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–adjective
1. reclining; recumbent: accumbent posture.
2. Botany. lying against something.
Origin:
1650–60; < L accumbent- (s. of accumbēns, prp. of accumbere), equiv. to ac- ac- + cumb- (nasalized var. of cub- lie, recline; see covey ) + -ent- -ent

Related forms:
ac⋅cum⋅ben⋅cy, noun
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ac·cum·bent   (ə-kŭm'bənt)   
adj.  

  1. Lying down; reclining.

  2. Botany Lying or leaning against something: accumbent cotyledons.


[Latin accumbēns, accumbent-, present participle of accumbere, to recline at table : ad-, ad- + cumbere, to recline.]
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