Definition of Decumbent
De`cum´bent
a.
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
.
Related Words
accumbent
,
reclining
,
recumbent
,
unerect
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