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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
recumbent /rɪˈkʌmb(ə)nt/

▶adjective

1 lying down.

2 (of a plant) growing close to the ground.

▶noun a bicycle ridden in a reclining position.

– derivatives
recumbency noun,
recumbently adverb.

– origin C17: from L. recumbent-, recumbere ‘recline’, from re- ‘back’ + a verb rel. to cubare ‘to lie’.

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