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Procumbent adj.

Lying down, or on the face; prone. " Procumbent each obeyed."

(Bot.) Lying on the ground, but without putting forth roots; trailing; prostrate; as, a procumbent stem.

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Etymology of 'Procumbent'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... obovoid, shining, ochraceous from the color of the contents, stipitate, more or less botryoid or connate; stipe twice the height of the spore-case, reddish brown, simple or consolidated with others, weak, inclined, or procumbent; hypothallus distinct; spore-mass ochraceous yellow, the elaters simple, with smooth tapering points, with spirals three or four, the spores beautifully and strongly reticulate, after the manner of the spores in the species preceding, with the meshes generally complete and always large, ...

— The North American Slime-Moulds • Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride

... and other shrubs to form couches—some lopping branches of larger trees to screen them from nocturnal radiation; their only protection from the dew being such branches stuck in the ground, and slanting over their procumbent forms. The Bhotanese were rude and boisterous in their pursuits, constantly complaining to the Sirdars, and wrangling over their meals. The Ghorkas were sprightly, combing their raven hair, telling interminably long stories, of which money was the burthen, or singing Hindoo songs through ...

— Himalayan Journals (Complete) • J. D. Hooker