procumbent

• Прилагательное, описывающее растение, стелющееся по земле, или человека, лежащего лицом вниз; в современном английском используется редко.

An adjective describing a plant that lies flat on the ground or a person lying face down; now rarely used in modern English.

1. Trailing along the groundC2formal

   Describes a plant stem that lies flat on the ground but does not root at the nodes.

   Стелющийся

   • The procumbent stems of the plant spread across the garden bed.
   • Botanists identified the species by its procumbent growth habit.
   • Unlike creeping plants, procumbent varieties do not root at the joints.

   Synonymsprostratetrailing

   Antonymserectupright