Procumbent

Word PROCUMBENT
Character 10
Hyphenation pro cum bent
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Procumbent"

What do we mean by procumbent?

Lying face down; prone. adjective

Trailing along the ground but not rooting. adjective

In anatomy and zoology, directed forward and slightly upward: contrasted with decumbent.

Lying down or on the face; prone.

In botany, trailing; prostrate; unable to support itself, and therefore lying on the ground, but without putting forth roots: as, a procumbent stem.

Lying down, or on the face; prone. adjective

Lying on the ground, but without putting forth roots; trailing; prostrate. adjective

Prone or prostrate adjective

That trails along the ground adjective

Having stems that trail along the ground without putting down roots adjective

Prone or prostrate

That trails along the ground

Inclined towards the lips

Synonyms and Antonyms for Procumbent

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The word "procumbent" in example sentences

In archaeopterygids for example, the premaxillary teeth are more peg-like and more procumbent than are the other teeth. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

The major recent invasion there by procumbent pearlwort required an eradication program during 1999-2000 and the weed will need monitoring and containment for several years. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The unusual long-armed Sapeornis, also from the Jiufutang Formation, had a rather short, Caudipteryx-like skull, and short, conical, unserrated, procumbent teeth projected from its premaxillae (Zhou & Zhang 2003). ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

In Caudipteryx, four procumbent teeth are present in each premaxilla, but the rest of the skull is edentulous. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Only four alien species are widespread on the island, but the integrity of the ecosystem has recently been threatened by the invasion of an alien groundcover, procumbent pearlwort Sagina procumbens. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The somewhat similar Omnivoropteryx, also from the Jiufutang Formation, was also short-skulled, and also has just a few procumbent teeth restricted to the premaxillae (Czerkas & Ji 2002). ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Ryne noticed that she was floating above her procumbent form and fought harder against the pull. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In forest and shrubland associations this species has an erect habit and narrow crown, but on windswept coastal heaths it may be reduced to a procumbent plant. ❋ Unknown (1984)

Cyanthus Lobatus -- A small, but very beautiful procumbent perennial, well adapted to fill moist places on rock-work if the situation is open and sunny. ❋ Alfred Pink (N/A)

-- A charming little evergreen, of procumbent growth, bearing throughout the whole summer ❋ Alfred Pink (N/A)

Stems are procumbent when growing in open places, but erect if growing amidst bushes, often branched, ending in long naked peduncles, varying in length from 1-1/2 to 4 feet. ❋ K. Rangachari (N/A)

The stems are many from the root, 16 to 18 inches long, ascending or decumbent and prostrate, leafy, glabrous, rooting freely at the lower nodes, especially when procumbent. ❋ K. Rangachari (N/A)

The main stem is underground, rhizomiferous, and covered with scale leaves; branches are many arising in tufts, leafy, procumbent at base and afterwards geniculately ascending and ending in inflorescence, occasionally rooting at the nodes and varying in length from 2 to 3 feet. ❋ K. Rangachari (N/A)

-- A distinct and beautiful plant, of dwarf, creeping habit, forming a tuft of short branchlets springing from the main procumbent stems, none of which exceed 6 in. in length by ¾ in. in thickness. ❋ W. Watson (N/A)

Labiate plants, and takes its second title from a Greek verb signifying "to creep," which has reference to the procumbent habit of the plant. ❋ William Thomas Fernie (N/A)

It is of a procumbent habit, and has a woody nature. ❋ Alfred Pink (N/A)

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