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de·cum·bent
 decumbent
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- pronunciation:
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kuhm
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
leaning or lying down; reclining.
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| definition 2: |
in botany, lying along the ground with the growing end turned upward.
a decumbent branch |
| related words: |
prone, prostrate |
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| derivations: |
decumbence (n.), decumbency (n.) |
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