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| de·cum·bent [ di kúmbənt ] |
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1. growing along ground: describes plants that lie along the ground but have a tip growing upward
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2. growing flat: describes hair or bristles that lie or grow flat along a surface
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| [Early 17th century. < Latin decumbent, present participle of decumbere "lie down" < cubare "lie down"] |
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  de·cum·bence noun |
| de·cum·bent·ly adverb |
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