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accumbent

[ uh-kuhm-buhnt ]

adjective

  1. reclining; recumbent:

    accumbent posture.

  2. Botany. lying against something.


accumbent

/ əˈ°ìÊŒ³¾²úÉ™²Ô³Ù /

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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Derived Forms

  • ²¹³¦Ëˆ³¦³Ü³¾²ú±ð²Ô³¦²â, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²¹³¦Â·³¦³Ü³¾î€ƒb±ð²Ô·³¦²â noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of accumbent1

1650–60; < Latin accumbent- (stem of ²¹³¦³¦³Ü³¾²úŧ²Ô²õ, present participle of accumbere ), equivalent to ac- ac- + cumb- (nasalized variant of cub- lie, recline; covey ) + -ent- -ent
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of accumbent1

C18: from Latin accumbere to recline
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Example Sentences

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

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The radicle r is folded on the edges of the cotyledons c which are accumbent.

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Seed of Bitter Cress, Barbarea, cut across to show the accumbent cotyledons.

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Seeds in 2 rows in each cell, rounded, broadly winged; cotyledons accumbent; radicle short.—A low annual, with once or twice pinnatifid leaves and leafy-bracteate racemes of yellow flowers.

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Cotyledons accumbent, flattened, equal or nearly so, petiolate.—Mostly glabrous perennials, leafy-stemmed, growing along watercourses and in wet places.

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