a recumbent plant.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
in|cum´bent|ly — in|cum|bent «ihn KUHM buhnt», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. resting (on a person) as a duty: »She felt it incumbent upon her to answer the letter at once. I have come home with a deep sense of the duty incumbent upon me (William Ewart Gladstone).… … Useful english dictionary
in|cum|bent — «ihn KUHM buhnt», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. resting (on a person) as a duty: »She felt it incumbent upon her to answer the letter at once. I have come home with a deep sense of the duty incumbent upon me (William Ewart Gladstone). SYNONYM(S):… … Useful english dictionary
re|cum´bent|ly — re|cum|bent «rih KUHM buhnt», adjective. 1. lying down; reclining; leaning. 2. Figurative. inactive; idle; listless. 3. Biology. leaning or resting on anything: »a recumbent plant … Useful english dictionary
ac|cum|bent — «uh KUHM buhnt», adjective. 1. Botany. lying against something. 2. reclining, as at a table. ╂[< Latin accumbēns, entis, present participle of accumbere lie down < ad to + cumbere lie down] … Useful english dictionary
de|cum|bent — «dih KUHM buhnt», adjective. 1. Botany. lying or trailing on the ground with the end tending to climb: »decumbent stems or branches. 2. lying down; reclining. ╂[< Latin dēcumbēns, entis, present participle of dēcumbere lie down < dē down +… … Useful english dictionary
pro|cum|bent — «proh KUHM buhnt», adjective. 1. lying face down; prone; prostrate. 2. lying or trailing along the ground but not sending down roots: »a procumbent plant or stem. SYNONYM(S): trailing. ╂[< Latin prōcumbēns, entis, present participle of… … Useful english dictionary
sem|i|re|cum|bent — «SEHM ee rih KUHM buhnt», adjective. semiprone; partly recumbent … Useful english dictionary
su|per|in|cum|bent — «SOO puhr ihn KUHM buhnt», adjective. 1. lying or resting on something else; overlying (chiefly in scientific use). 2. situated or suspended above; overhanging: »It can scarce uplift The weight of the superincumbent hour (Shelley). 3. exerted… … Useful english dictionary
cum — cum·bent; cum·ber·land; cum·ber·some; cum·ber·some·ly; cum·ber·some·ness; cum·brance; cum·brous; cum·brous·ly; cum·brous·ness; cum·bu; cum; cum·in; cum·i·nal·de·hyde; cum·ly; cum·mer; cum·mer·bund; cum·ming·ton·ite; cum·mock; de·cum·ben·cy;… … English syllables
re·cum·bent — /rıˈkʌmbənt/ adj formal : lying down The Egyptian sphinx has the body of a recumbent lion. a recumbent position … Useful english dictionary
