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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
accumbent
    adj 1: lying down; in a position of comfort or rest [syn:
           accumbent, decumbent, recumbent]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Accumbent \Ac*cum"bent\ (-bent), a.
   1. Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals.
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            The Roman . . . accumbent posture in eating.
                                                  --Arbuthnot.
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   2. (Bot.) Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf
      against another leaf. --Gray.
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            Accumbent cotyledons have their edges placed against
            the caulicle.                         --Eaton.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Accumbent \Ac*cum"bent\, n.
   One who reclines at table.
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