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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

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