decumbent
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The root of the hoary, decumbent, and less elegant, but larger-flowered Hedysarum mackenzii is poisonous, and nearly killed an old Indian woman at Fort Simpson, who had mistaken it for that of the preceding species.
From Literature
Resembling n. 3, but the culms decumbent at base and matted, the leaves short and usually widely spreading, and the lower glumes barely acute, not half the length of the upper one.—W.
From Project Gutenberg
Woody at base; two to eight feet high; erect or decumbent.
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"A decumbent hairy form confined to the Lizard."
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The fertile flocci were decumbent, probably from the weight of the spores, and the tufts were a little elevated above the surface of the matrix.
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