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procumbent

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pro⋅cum⋅bent

  [proh-kuhm-buhnt]
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–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:
1660–70; < L prōcumbent- (s. of prōcumbēns) bending forward, prp. of prōcumbere. See pro-, incumbent
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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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: pro·cum·bent
Pronunciation: (')prO-'k&m-b&nt
Function: adjective
: a slanting forward procumbent incisorteeth of a horse>
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procumbent pro·cum·bent (prō-kŭm'bənt)
adj.
Lying face down; prone.

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