Found 2 items, similar to Decumbent.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: decumbent
decumbent
adj : lying down; in a position of comfort or rest [syn:
accumbent,
recumbent,
reclining]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Decumbent
Decumbent
\De*cum"bent\, a. [L. decumbens, -entis, p. pr. of
decumbere; de- + cumbere (only in comp.), cubare to lie
down.]
1. Lying down; prostrate; recumbent.
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The decumbent portraiture of a woman. --Ashmole.
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2. (Bot.) Reclining on the ground, as if too weak to stand,
and tending to rise at the summit or apex; as, a decumbent
stem. --Gray.
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