accumbent
adjective
ac·cum·bent
əˈkəmbənt,
(ˈ)a¦k-
1
: leaning or reclining especially at meals
the Roman accumbent posture in eating
2
botany : lying against something —used chiefly of cotyledons having their edges folded against the hypocotyl (as in many crucifers) compare conduplicate, incumbent
3
zoology : closely applied to a surface (as of the wing scales of certain insects)
Word History
Etymology
Latin accumbent-, accumbens, present participle of accumbere to lie down, recline at table, from ad- + -cumbere to lie down (akin to cubare to lie down)
First Known Use
1680, in the meaning defined at sense 2