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decumbent

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de⋅cum⋅bent

  [di-kuhm-buhnt]
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–adjective
1. lying down; recumbent.
2. Botany. (of stems, branches, etc.) lying or trailing on the ground with the extremity tending to ascend.
Origin:
1635–45; < L dēcumbent- (s. of dēcumbēns), prp. of dēcumbere. See decubitus, -ent

Related forms:
de⋅cum⋅bence, de⋅cum⋅ben⋅cy, noun
de⋅cum⋅bent⋅ly, adverb
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de·cum·bent   (dĭ-kŭm'bənt)   
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.]
de·cum'bence (-bəns), de·cum'ben·cy (-bən-sē) n.
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