\De*cum"bent\, a. [L. decumbens, -entis, p. pr. of
decumbere; de- + cumbere (only in comp.), cubare to lie
down.]
1. Lying down; prostrate; recumbent.

         The decumbent portraiture of a woman. --Ashmole.

2. (Bot.) Reclining on the ground, as if too weak to stand,
   and tending to rise at the summit or apex; as, a decumbent
   stem. --Gray.