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Webster 1913 Edition


Procumbent

Pro-cum′bent

,
Adj.
[L.
procumbens
,
-entis
, p. pr. of
procumbere
to fall, bend, or lean forward;
pro
forward +
cumbere
(in comp.), akin to
cubare
to lie down: cf. F.
procombant
. Cf.
Incumbent
.]
1.
Lying down, or on the face; prone.
Procumbent each obeyed.”
Cowper.
2.
(Bot.)
Lying on the ground, but without putting forth roots; trailing; prostrate;
as, a
procumbent
stem
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Procumbent

PROCUM'BENT

,
Adj.
[L. procumbens, procumbo; pro and cubo, to lie down.] Lying down or on the face; prone.
1.
In botany, trailing; prostrate; unable to support itself, and therefore lying on the ground, but without putting forth roots; as a procumbent stem.

Definition 2024


procumbent

procumbent

English

Adjective

procumbent (comparative more procumbent, superlative most procumbent)

  1. prone or prostrate
  2. (botany) That trails along the ground

Latin

Verb

prōcumbent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of prōcumbō