decumbent

decumbent
decumbence, decumbency, n.decumbently, adv.
/di kum"beuhnt/, adj.
1. lying down; recumbent.
2. Bot. (of stems, branches, etc.) lying or trailing on the ground with the extremity tending to ascend.
[1635-45; < L decumbent- (s. of decumbens), prp. of decumbere. See DECUBITUS, -ENT]

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