Definitions for: Decumbent

[adj] lying down; in a position of comfort or rest

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: accumbent, reclining, recumbent, unerect

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