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Webster 1913 Edition

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.

Lying down, or on the face; prone.

“ Procumbent each obeyed.”

Cowper.

(Bot.)

Lying on the ground, but without putting forth roots; trailing; prostrate;

as, a

procumbent

stem

Adj.

[L. procumbens, procumbo; pro and cubo, to lie down.] Lying down or on the face; prone.

In botany, trailing; prostrate; unable to support itself, and therefore lying on the ground, but without putting forth roots; as a procumbent stem.