See Also: katjiepiering(dictionary)

accumbent (iou) and katjiepiering (iou)


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.

katjiepiering (iou)



katjiepiering noun. L18.
[Afrikaans from Malay kacapiring.]
Any of various southern African gardenias, esp. Gardenia thunbergia and G. jasminoides.