English-Thai Dictionary
procumbent
ADJ ซึ่ง หมอบคลาน creeping lying sueng-mob-klan
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
PROCUMBENT
a.[L. procumbens, procumbo; pro and cubo, to lie down. ] Lying down or on the face; prone. 1. In botany, trailing; prostrate; unable to support itself, and therefore lying on the ground, but without putting forth roots; as a procumbent stem.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PROCUMBENT
Pro *cum "bent, a. Etym: [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. ]
1. Lying down, or on the face; prone. " Procumbent each obeyed. " Cowper.
2. (Bot. )
Defn: Lying on the ground, but without putting forth roots; trailing; prostrate; as, a procumbent stem.
New American Oxford Dictionary
procumbent
pro cum bent |prōˈkəmbənt proʊˈkəmbənt | ▶adjective Botany (of a plant or stem ) growing along the ground without setting forth roots. • archaic (of a person ) lying face down; prone; prostrate. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin procumbent- ‘falling forward, ’ from the verb procumbere, from pro- ‘forward, down ’ + a verb related to cubare ‘to lie. ’
Oxford Dictionary
procumbent
procumbent |prə (ʊ )ˈkʌmb (ə )nt | ▶adjective Botany (of a plant or stem ) growing along the ground without throwing out roots. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin procumbent- ‘falling forwards ’, from the verb procumbere, from pro- ‘forwards, down ’ + a verb related to cubare ‘to lie ’.