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decumbent
 
SYLLABICATION:de·cum·bent
PRONUNCIATION:  d-kmbnt
ADJECTIVE:1. Lying down; reclining. 2. Botany Lying or growing on the ground but with erect or rising tips: decumbent stems.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin dcumbns, dcumbent-, present participle of dcumbere, to lie down : d-, de- + -cumbere, to lie down.
OTHER FORMS:de·cumbence (-bns) , de·cumben·cy (-bn-s) —NOUN
 
 
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