accumbent

& 8. [Lat. accumbens, pr. par. of accumbo; fr. ad & cubo.] L. As adjective : 1. Ord. Lang. Reclining like the ancients at the supper-table. "The Roman recumbent, or, more properly , accum bent posture in eating was introduced after the first Punic war." - Arbuthnot Tables of Ancient Weights and Measures. 2. Bot . Prostrate, supine. When the edges of the cotyledons in a bra icaceous or other plant are presented to the radicle, they are said to be accumbent ; but when folded with