procumbent

• Adjectif décrivant une plante couchée ou rampante sur le sol, ou une personne allongée face contre terre ; rare en anglais moderne.

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.

   tige couchée

   • 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.

   Synonymesprostratetrailing

   Antonymeserectupright