pro|cum|bent

pro|cum|bent
pro|cum|bent «proh KUHM buhnt», adjective.
1. lying face down; prone; prostrate.
2. lying or trailing along the ground but not sending down roots: »

a procumbent plant or stem.

SYNONYM(S): trailing.
[< Latin prōcumbēns, -entis, present participle of prōcumbere lean or fall forward < prō- forward + cubāre to lie, recline]

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