Decumbent

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

decumbent
    adj 1: lying down; in a position of comfort or rest [syn:
           {accumbent}, {decumbent}, {recumbent}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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