procumbent
英 [prə(ʊ)'kʌmb(ə)nt]
美[pro'kʌmbənt]
- adj. [植] 匍匐的；平伏的；伏卧的
英英释义
- 1. having stems that trail along the ground without putting down roots
英文词源
- procumbent (adj.)
- "leaning forward," 1660s, from Latin procumbentem (nominative procumbens), present participle of procumbere "to fall forward, fall prostrate," from pro "forward" (see pro-) + -cumbere "to lie down" (see succumb). Related: Procumbently.