accumbent

American  

[uh-kuhm-buhnt] / əˈkʌm bənt /

adjective

1. reclining; recumbent.

   accumbent posture.

2. Botany. lying against something.

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accumbent British  

/ əˈkʌmbənt /

adjective

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

2. a rare word for recumbent

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Other Word Forms

• accumbency noun

Etymology

Origin of accumbent

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

Example Sentences

Seeds flat or flattish, orbicular or oval; cotyledons accumbent or nearly so.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

The cotyledons are accumbent when they lie with their edges against the radicle, 128.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

Seeds in one row in each cell, orbicular or nearly so, more or less wing-margined; cotyledons strictly accumbent.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Such mild-eyed, accumbent, sharp-ribbed horses as now infest the curb—mere whittlings from a larger age—hang their heads at their degeneracy.

From There's Pippins and Cheese to Come by Brooks, Charles S. (Charles Stephen)

Cotyledons accumbent or a little oblique.—Leaves seldom divided.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa