procumbent

American  

[proh-kuhm-buhnt] / proʊˈkʌm bənt /

adjective

1. lying on the face; prone; prostrate.

2. Botany. (of a plant or stem) lying along the ground, but not putting forth roots.

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procumbent British  

/ prəʊˈkʌmbənt /

adjective

1. Also: prostrate.  (of stems) growing along the ground

2. leaning forwards or lying on the face

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Etymology

Origin of procumbent

1660–70; < Latin prōcumbent- (stem of prōcumbēns ) bending forward, present participle of prōcumbere. See pro- ¹, incumbent

Example Sentences

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procumbent

On the steep bluffs along the river was often a heavy growth of red cedar; and some large areas of procumbent juniper occurred.

From The Mammals of Washtenaw County, Michigan Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, No. 123 by Wood, Norman

A procumbent, prostrate or sometimes creeping shrub; scale-like leaves acute; berry on short recurved peduncles, 3–5´´ in diameter.—Rocky banks, borders of swamps, etc.,

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 Gray, Asa

Capsule membranaceous, circumscissile, the top falling off like a lid, many-seeded.—Low, spreading or procumbent herbs, mostly annuals, with opposite or whorled entire leaves, and solitary flowers on axillary peduncles.

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 Gray, Asa

It is of a procumbent habit, and only 4in. to 6in. high in this climate.

From Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. by Wood, John

Of these characters length of internode was carried by the Bush, and the procumbent habit by the original Cupid parent.

From Mendelism Third Edition by Punnett, Reginald Crundall