Decumbent
Pronunciation : De*cum"bent
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. decumbens, -entis, p. pr. of decumbere; de- + cumbere (only in comp.), cubare to lie down.]
Definition : 1. Lying down; prostrate; recumbent. The decumbent portraiture of a woman. Ashmole.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Reclining on the ground, as if too weak to stand, and tending to rise at the summit or apex; as, a decumbent stem. Gray.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913