See Also: accumbent(medicine)
accumbent(dictionary)

accumbent (iou)



accumbent noun & adjective. M17.
[Latin accumbent- pres. ppl stem of accumbere, from ad AC- + -cumbere: see CUMBENT.]
A. noun. A person who reclines, or gen. is, at table. rare. M17.
b. adjective.
Reclining at table. rare. E18.
Botany. Of a cotyledon: lying edgewise against the folded radicle in the seed. Cf. INCUMBENT adjective. E19.