procumbent

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: pro=cum=bent

CIDE DICTIONARY

procumbent, a. [L. procumbens, -entis, p. pr. of procumbere to fall, bend, or lean forward; pro forward + cumbere (in comp.), akin to cubare to lie down: cf. F. procombant. Cf. Incumbent.].

•  Lying down, or on the face; prone.  Cowper.  [1913 Webster]
•  Lying on the ground, but without putting forth roots; trailing; prostrate; as, a procumbent stem.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

procumbent, adj.
1 lying on the face; prostrate.
2 Bot. growing along the ground.

Etymology

L procumbere fall forwards (as PRO-(1), cumbere lay oneself)

ROGET THESAURUS

procumbent

Horizontality

N horizontality, flatness, level, plane, stratum, dead level, dead flat, level plane, recumbency, lying down, reclination, decumbence, decumbency, discumbency, proneness, accubation, supination, resupination, prostration, azimuth, plain, floor, platform, bowling green, cricket ground, croquet ground, croquet lawn, billiard table, terrace, estrade, esplanade, parterre, table land, plateau, ledge, butte, mesa (plain), level, spirit level, horizontal, level, even, plane, flat, flat as a billiard table, flat as a bowling green, alluvial, calm, calm as a mill pond, smooth, smooth as glass, recumbent, decumbent, procumbent, accumbent, lying, prone, supine, couchant, jacent, prostrate, recubant, horizontally, on one's back, on all fours, on its beam ends.