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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
decumbent \decum"bent\, a. l. decumbens, -entis, p. pr. of
   decumbere; de- + cumbere only in comp., cubare to lie
   down.
   1. lying down; prostrate; recumbent.
      1913 webster

            the decumbent portraiture of a woman. --ashmole.
      1913 webster

   2. bot. reclining on the ground, as if too weak to stand,
      and tending to rise at the summit or apex; as, a decumbent
      stem. --gray.
      1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
decumbent
     adj : lying down; in a position of comfort or rest syn: accumbent,
            recumbent, reclining
see also:
accumbent recumbent reclining 

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