Pronunciation: | | u'kumbunt
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WordNet Dictionary |
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[adj] lying down; in a position of comfort or rest |
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ACCUMBENT is a 9 letter word that starts with A. |
| Synonyms: | | decumbent, reclining, recumbent, unerect |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Ac*cum"bent\ (-bent), a.
1. Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals.
The Roman . . . accumbent posture in eating.
--Arbuthnot.
2. (Bot.) Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf
against another leaf. --Gray.
Accumbent cotyledons have their edges placed against
the caulicle. --Eaton.
\Ac*cum"bent\, n.
One who reclines at table.
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Biology Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | In botany terminology, describes the orientation of an embryo, with the radicle lying against the edges of the two cotyledons. |
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