accumbent
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Seeds in one row in each cell, orbicular or nearly so, more or less wing-margined; cotyledons strictly accumbent.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
The cotyledons are accumbent when they lie with their edges against the radicle, 128.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
Cotyledons accumbent or a little oblique.—Leaves seldom divided.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
Such mild-eyed, accumbent, sharp-ribbed horses as now infest the curb—mere whittlings from a larger age—hang their heads at their degeneracy.
From There's Pippins and Cheese to Come by Charles S. (Charles Stephen) Brooks
Seeds flat or flattish, orbicular or oval; cotyledons accumbent or nearly so.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
