Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being decumbent or of lying down; the posture of lying down.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or posture of lying down.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
act orposture oflying down .
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§rmmifo» 6» H. fol* litiearibus, caole decumbence, panicult
Caroli a Linné ... Systema vegetabilivm secvndvm classes, ordines, genera, species cvm characteribvs et differentiis. Editio decima quarta praecedente longe avctior et correctior cvrante Io. Andrea Mvrray .. Murray, Johann Andreas, 1740-1791 1784
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