decumbent

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Decumbent, de-kum′bent, adj. lying down: reclining on the ground.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Decumbent, reclined on the ground, the summit tending to rise, 39.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

Decumbent: bending down at tip from an upright base.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Decumbent, reclining on the ground, as if too weak to stand.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

Decumbent, branching only at base, stems 1–2° long, retrorsely hispid; umbels naked, opposite the leaves and nearly sessile, of 2 or 3 very short rays.—Md.,

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa