Accumbent

What do we mean by accumbent?

Lying down; reclining. adjective

Lying or leaning against something. adjective

Leaning or reclining, in the manner of the ancients at their meals. See accubation.

In botany, lying against: applied to the cotyledons of an embryo when their edges lie against or are opposed to the radicle.

One who reclines, as at meals; one at table, whether reclining or sitting. noun

In entomology, lying closely, as the scales on a butterfly's antenna.

Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals. adjective

Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf. adjective

One who reclines at table. noun

Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals. adjective

Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf adjective

Lying down; in a position of comfort or rest adjective

One who rests in an accumbent position, especially at table.

Words that are spelled similarly to accumbent:
accumbent, accumbens, incumbent, recumbent, succumbent, decumbent, cumbent, accrument, accumber, accumbency.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective accumbent:
cotyledons.

Words that sound like accumbent:
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