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   recumbent

   /rɪˈkʌmb(ə)nt/

   adjective

   • 1. (especially of a person or effigy) lying down: "recumbent statues"
   • ▪ (of a plant) growing close to the ground: "recumbent shrubs"

   noun

   • 1. a type of bicycle designed to be ridden lying almost flat on one's back.

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from Latin recumbent- ‘reclining’, from the verb recumbere, from re- ‘back’ + a verb related to cubare ‘to lie’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. recumbency noun
   • 2. recumbently adverb

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