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