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Lying down, or on the face; prone.

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  1. a. Lying down, or on the face; prone.
  2. a. Lying on the ground, but without putting forth roots; trailing; prostrate; as, a procumbent stem.
  3. adj. having stems that trail along the ground without putting down roots
  4. 1. Lying down, or on the face; prone. " Procumbent each obeyed." Cowper. 2. (Bot.) Lying on the ground, but without putting forth roots; trailing; prostrate; as, a procumbent stem.
  5. Lying on the ground, but without putting forth roots; trailing;prostrate; as, a procumbent stem.
  6. s. having stems that trail along the ground without putting down roots