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procumbent

 
Dictionary: pro·cum·bent   (prō-kŭm'bənt) pronunciation
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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Veterinary Dictionary: procumbent
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Prone; lying on the abdomen. Called also ventral recumbency.

Gardener's Dictionary: procumbent
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Prostrate; lying on the ground.

Translations: Procumbent
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - liggende, fremliggende

Nederlands (Dutch)
vooroverliggend

Français (French)
adj. - allongé face contre terre, traînant par terre

Deutsch (German)
adj. - (auf dem Bauch) liegend, niederliegend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πρηνής, μπρούμυτα

Italiano (Italian)
prono

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - procumbente (Bot.), prostrado

Русский (Russian)
лежащий навзничь, ползучий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - procumbente, rastrero, boca abajo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - liggande, krypande (bot.), liggande framstupa (på magen)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
平伏的, 匍匐的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 平伏的, 匍匐的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 엎드린, 납작 엎드린

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 平伏した, 地に伏した

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) افتراشي, مفترش, منبطح, مستلقي على الأرض‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נפל אפיים ארצה, השתטח לפנים, גדל במקביל לאדמה (צמח)‬


 
 
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