\Ac*cum"bent\ (-bent), a. 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.
\Ac*cum"bent\, n. One who reclines at table.