decumbent Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite lying down; in a position of comfort or rest
    accumbent; recumbent.

WordNet

De*cum"bent adjective
Etymology
L. decumbens, -entis, p. pr. of decumbere; de- + cumbere (only in comp.), cubare to lie down.
Definitions
  1. Lying down; prostrate; recumbent.
    The decumbent portraiture of a woman. Ashmole.
  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.

Webster 1913