Ac·cum·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.
Accumbent cotyledons have their edges placed against the caulicle. --Eaton.
Ac·cum·bent, n. One who reclines at table.
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accumbent
adj : lying down; in a position of comfort or rest [syn: decumbent,
recumbent, reclining]