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accumbent

Pronunciation: /əˈkʌmb(ə)nt/

Definition of accumbent

adjective

Botany
  • (of a cotyledon) lying edgeways against the folded radicle in the seed.

Origin:

early 19th century: from Latin accumbent- 'reclining', from accumbere, from ad- 'to' + a verb related to cubare 'to lie'

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