decumbent
[adjective]
Synonyms: prone, flat, procumbent, prostrate, reclining, recumbent

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decumbent noun & adjective. [dɪ'kʌmb(ǝ)nt] E17.
[Latin decumbent- pres. ppl stem of decumbere lie down, from de- DE- 1 + -cumbere: see CUMBENT.]
A. noun. A person lying (ill) in bed. Only in 17.
b. adjective.
1. Lying down; reclining. Now rare or obsolete. M17.
b. Lying in bed through illness. L17-M18.

2. a. Botany. Of a plant, shoot, etc.: lying or trailing on the ground (with the extremity ascending). L18.
b. Zoology. Of hairs or bristles: lying flat on the surface of the body. E19.

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