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The meaning of the word "Accumbent" in English


Accumbent a. : Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals.

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

Accumbent n. : One who reclines at table.

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Defination from the web:
accumbent posture in eating. - John Arbuthnot (botany) Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf - Thomas Gray. Accumbent cotyledons have their edges placed against the caulicle. - Eaton [edit] Translations ... 

synonyms
  (adjective) decumbent
  (adjective) recumbent
  (adjective) reclining
similar terms
  (adjective) unerect


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