accumbent

[ uh-kuhm-buhnt ]
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adjective
  1. reclining; recumbent: accumbent posture.

  2. Botany. lying against something.

Origin of accumbent

1
1650–60; <Latin accumbent- (stem of accumbēns, present participle of accumbere), equivalent to ac-ac- + cumb- (nasalized variant of cub- lie, recline; see covey) + -ent--ent

Other words from accumbent

  • ac·cum·ben·cy, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for accumbent

accumbent

/ (əˈkʌmbənt) /


adjective
  1. botany (of plant parts and plants) lying against some other part or thing

  2. a rare word for recumbent

Origin of accumbent

1
C18: from Latin accumbere to recline

Derived forms of accumbent

  • accumbency, noun

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