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  1. 1. a. Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. One who reclines at table. Source: opted
  4. 4. adj. lying down; in a position of comfort or rest Source: wordnet
  5. 5. 1. Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals. The Roman.. accumbent posture in eating. Arbuthnot. 2. (Bot.) Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf. Gray. Accumbent cotyledons have their edges placed against the caulicle. Eaton. One who reclines at table. Source: webster
  6. 6. Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against anotherleaf. Gray.Accumbent cotyledons have their edges placed against the caulicle.Eaton. Source: adambom
  7. 7. s. lying down; in a position of comfort or rest Source: ecdict

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