• (a.) Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals. • (a.) Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf. • (n.) One who reclines at table. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/accumbent/
<botany> The orientation of an embryo, with the radicle lying against the edges of the two cotyledons. ... (15 Jan 1998) ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973
Ac·cum'bent (-b e nt) adjective 1. Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals. « The Roman . . . accumbent posture in eating. Arbuthnot. » 2. (Botany) Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf. Gray. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/16
accumbent 1. Lying down; in a position of comfort or rest. 2. Lying down; reclining. 3. In botany, lying or leaning against something; such as, accumbent cotyledons. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/582/