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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Decumbent \De*cum"bent\, a. [L. decumbens, -entis, p. pr of decumbere de- + cumbere (only in comp.), cubare to lie down.] 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. --Gray. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: decumbent adj : lying down in a position of comfort or rest [syn: {accumbent}, {recumbent}, {reclining}]
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