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decumbent

[ dih-kuhm-buhnt ]

adjective

  1. lying down; recumbent.
  2. Botany. (of stems, branches, etc.) lying or trailing on the ground with the extremity tending to ascend.


decumbent

/ ɪˈʌəԳ /

adjective

  1. lying down or lying flat
  2. botany (of certain stems) lying flat with the tip growing upwards
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܳԳٱ, adverb
  • ˈܳԳ, noun
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  • ·ܳbԳ ·ܳb· noun
  • ·ܳbԳ· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of decumbent1

1635–45; < Latin ŧܳԳ- (stem of ŧܳŧԲ ), present participle of ŧܳ. See decubitus, -ent
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of decumbent1

C17: from Latin ŧܳŧԲ, present participle of ŧܳ to lie down
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Example Sentences

The root of the hoary, decumbent, and less elegant, but larger-flowered Hedysarum mackenzii is poisonous, and nearly killed an old Indian woman at Fort Simpson, who had mistaken it for that of the preceding species.

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Resembling n. 3, but the culms decumbent at base and matted, the leaves short and usually widely spreading, and the lower glumes barely acute, not half the length of the upper one.—W.

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Woody at base; two to eight feet high; erect or decumbent.

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"A decumbent hairy form confined to the Lizard."

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The fertile flocci were decumbent, probably from the weight of the spores, and the tufts were a little elevated above the surface of the matrix.

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