ACCUMBENT

Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1842 · p. 1

(Lat. accumbere, to lie down.) Is a term applied, in botany, to cases where one part of an organ is applied to another by its edge; it is chiefly used in contradistinction to incumbent, where one part is applied to another by its back or face. These terms are principally employed among bra icaceous (cruciferous) plants. [s. 22]