English-Thai Dictionary
decumbent
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DECUMBENT
a.In botany, declined or bending down; having the stamens and pistils bending down to the lower side; as a decumbent flower.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DECUMBENT
De *cum "bent, a. Etym: [L. decumbens, -entis, p. pr. of decumbere; de- + cumbere (only in comp. ), cubare to lie down. ]
1. Lying down; prostrate; recumbent. The decumbent portraiture of a woman. Ashmole.
2. (Bot. )
Defn: Reclining on the ground, as if too weak to stand, and tending to rise at the summit or apex; as, a decumbent stem. Gray.
DECUMBENTLY
DECUMBENTLY De *cum "bent *ly, adv.
Defn: In a decumbent posture.
New American Oxford Dictionary
decumbent
de cum bent |diˈkəmbənt dəˈkəmbənt | ▶adjective Botany (of a plant or part of a plant ) lying along the ground or along a surface, with the extremity curving upward. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Latin decumbent- ‘lying down, ’ from the verb decumbere, based on de- ‘down ’ + a verb related to cubare ‘to lie. ’
Oxford Dictionary
decumbent
decumbent |dɪˈkʌmb (ə )nt | ▶adjective Botany (of a plant ) lying along the ground or along a surface, with the extremity curving upwards. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Latin decumbent- ‘lying down ’, from the verb decumbere, based on de- ‘down ’ + a verb related to cubare ‘to lie ’.
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