Definition of Accumbent. Meaning of Accumbent. Synonyms of Accumbent

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Definition of Accumbent

Accumbent
Accumbent Ac*cum"bent (-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. --Gray. Accumbent cotyledons have their edges placed against the caulicle. --Eaton.
Accumbent
Accumbent Ac*cum"bent, n. One who reclines at table.

Meaning of Accumbent from wikipedia

- continues to grow after the corolla has fallen, e.g. in Physalis peruviana. ac****bent Lying against another part of the plant; when applied to a cotyledon,...
- succubous, succubus -****bō -****b- -cubu- -cubit- lie ac****b, ac****bency, ac****bent, decubitus, de****bency, de****bent, discubitory, dis****bency, in****bency...
- long spiniform digitations; and with a sutural canaliculate digitation ac****bent on the spire, continued and recurved backwards." (Original description...
- of them possess oblong cotyledons with rounded bases. They also have ac****bent, oval radicles, ovate cotyledonary leaves with obtuse apex and glabrous...