ACCUMBENT

ACCUM'BENT, adjective [Latin accumbens, accumbo, from cubo. See Accubation.] Leaning or reclining, as the ancients at their meals.

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accumbent. Accumbent, a. lying, reclining

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Ac‐cum″bent (–bent), a. 1. 1. Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals.
The Roman . . . accumbent posture in eating. Arbuthnot. 2. 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.