INCUMBENT

adj. Ian-kusm'be11nt. Lat., in cum bens (from in cum bere, to recline upon). Fr., in com bant. Ger., aufliji ml. \. In botany, leaning or resting upon. An i. anther is one lying against the inner face of the filament. I. cotyledons are those so folded that the back of one is laid against the side of the radicle. [B, 1, 19, 123, 291 (a, 24).l 2. In ornithology, depre ed or bending down upon something: laid at full length, said chiefly of the hind toe when its whole length rests on the ground or other support, owing to its low insertion. [L, 343.] [s. 446]