Definitions for decumbent

decumbent de·cum·bent

Spelling: [dih-kuhm-buh nt]
IPA: /dɪˈkʌm bənt/

Decumbent is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 265 anagrams from letters in decumbent (bcdeemntu).

Definitions for decumbent

adjective

  1. lying down; recumbent.
  2. Botany. (of stems, branches, etc.) lying or trailing on the ground with the extremity tending to ascend.

Origin of decumbent

1635-45; Latin dēcumbent- (stem of dēcumbēns), present participle of dēcumbere. See decubitus, -ent

Examples for decumbent

decumbent, reclining on the ground, as if too weak to stand.

As one might expect, the position of greatest ease is the decumbent.

The tiny blue to purple flowers of the Verbena are grouped in dense heads on decumbent stems.

decumbent, reclined on the ground, the summit tending to rise, 39.

decumbent, de-kum′bent, adj. lying down: reclining on the ground.

VanGorder's and Bradner's records may also be the decumbent form.

I refer Higley and Raddin's record to the decumbent variety.

The frond is long and narrow, and rarely rises erect, but usually is decumbent or reclined in position.

Some are attached by the whole length of the shell, they are then said to be decumbent.

It is decumbent, and difficult to harvest for hay when seeded alone.

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