cumbent

Adjective

cumbent (comparative more cumbent, superlative most cumbent)

1. lying down, recumbent
   • Altar-tombs with cumbent effigies were painted so as to correspond in tone with the colours displayed on the walls; the pavement of encaustic tiles, of different devices, was interspersed with sepulchral slabs and inlaid brasses; and screen-work, niches for statuary, mouldings, and sculpture of...1841, Matthew Holbeche Bloxam, The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture, Elucidated by Question and Answer, 4th ed.
   • The only tree growing in Spitzbergen is the dwarf willow, which rises to the vast height of two inches! towering with great pride above the mosses, lichens, and a few other cumbent plants."1852, Mrs. David Osborne, The World of Waters