What is "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 \Ac*cum"bent\, n. One who reclines at table.

a. 1 leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals. 2 (context botany English) Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf

adj. lying down; in a position of comfort or rest [syn: decumbent, recumbent, reclining]