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pro·cum·bent

 (prō-kŭm′bənt)
adj.
1. Lying face down; prone.
2. Botany Trailing along the ground but not rooting: a procumbent vine.

[Latin prōcumbēns, prōcumbent-, present participle of prōcumbere, to bend down : prō-, forward; see pro-1 + -cumbere, to lie down.]
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procumbent

(prəʊˈkʌmbənt)
adj
1. (Botany) Also: prostrate (of stems) growing along the ground
2. leaning forwards or lying on the face
[C17: from Latin prōcumbere to fall forwards; compare incumbent]
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Adj.1.procumbent - having stems that trail along the ground without putting down roots
unerect - not upright in position or posture
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procumbent

adjective
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