About The Word Decumbent
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Decumbent
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What's The Definition Of Decumbent?
[adj] lying down; in a position of comfort or rest
Synonyms | Synonyms for Decumbent: accumbent | reclining | recumbent | unerect Related Terms | Find terms related to Decumbent: See Also | Decumbent In Webster's Dictionary \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.
The decumbent portraiture of a woman. --Ashmole.
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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