Definitions for procumbent

procumbent pro·cum·bent

Spelling: [proh-kuhm-buh nt]
IPA: /proʊˈkʌm bənt/

Procumbent is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 24 points.

You can make 671 anagrams from letters in procumbent (bcemnoprtu).

Definitions for procumbent

adjective

  1. lying on the face; prone; prostrate.
  2. Botany. (of a plant or stem) lying along the ground, but not putting forth roots.

Origin of procumbent

1660-70; Latin prōcumbent- (stem of prōcumbēns) bending forward, present participle of prōcumbere. See pro-1, incumbent

Examples for procumbent

When it once finds a happy home it increases fast; the thick stalks are procumbent and emit roots.

They occur in dense heads on procumbent or ascending stems 4-8 in.

procumbent or Prostrate, lying flat on the ground from the first.

Galium parisiense (uliginosum), with a square, furrowed, procumbent stem.

All these young shoots grow in the upward direction, leaving the procumbent branches to form an even line on the lower side.

Its golden yellow flowers are densely produced in panicles on procumbent stems, 12in.

The procumbent stem curved up and attained a state of equilibrium under the action of geotropic stimulus.

The habit of the plant is procumbent; stems contorted, and producing solitary flowers.

The procumbent stems will, in strong patches, be found to supply rootlets in abundance.

The most striking characteristics of the Prostrate Gromwell are its fine dark blue flowers and procumbent habit.

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