procumbent

ADJ ซึ่ง หมอบคลาน  creeping lying sueng-mob-klan

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.

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. ]

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. ’

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 ’.