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procumbent


  • 英式英标[pro\'kʌmbənt]
  • 美式音标[prə(ʊ)\'kʌmb(ə)nt]

adj. [植] 匍匐的;平伏的;伏卧的

英文词源

procumbent (adj.)
"leaning forward," 1660s, from Latin procumbentem (nominative procumbens), present participle of procumbere "to fall forward, fall prostrate," from pro "forward" (see pro-) + -cumbere "to lie down" (see succumb). Related: Procumbently.