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Meaning of "procumbent" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PROCUMBENT

From Latin prōcumbere to fall forwards; compare incumbent.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PROCUMBENT

procumbent  [prəʊˈkʌmbənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROCUMBENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Procumbent is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PROCUMBENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

procumbent

Glossary of plant morphology

Botanists and other biologists who study plant morphology use a number of different terms to describe plant organs and parts that can be observed with the human eye using no more than a hand held magnifying lens. These terms are used to identify and classify plants.

Definition of procumbent in the English dictionary

The definition of procumbent in the dictionary is Also: prostrate. growing along the ground. Other definition of procumbent is leaning forwards or lying on the face.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROCUMBENT


absorbant
əbˈzɔːbənt
absorbent
əbˈsɔːbənt
accumbent
əˈkʌmbənt
adsorbent
ədˈsɔːbənt
cumbent
ˈkʌmbənt
decumbent
dɪˈkʌmbənt
excubant
ˈɛkskjuːbənt
incumbent
ɪnˈkʌmbənt
lambent
ˈlæmbənt
libant
ˈlaɪbənt
nonabsorbent
ˌnɒnəbˈzɔːbənt
nonincumbent
ˌnɒnɪnˈkʌmbənt
perturbant
pəˈtɜːbənt
recumbent
rɪˈkʌmbənt
resorbent
rɪˈsɔːbənt
sorbent
ˈsɔːbənt
superabsorbent
ˌsuːpərəbˈzɔːbənt
superincumbent
ˌsuːpərɪnˈkʌmbənt
titubant
ˈtɪtjʊbənt
unabsorbent
ˌʌnəbˈzɔːbənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROCUMBENT

proctoscope
proctoscopic
proctoscopy
procurable
procuracy
procural
procurance
procuration
procurator
procurator fiscal
procuratorial
procuratorship
procuratory
procure
procurement
procurement department
procurer
procuress
procureur
procuring

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROCUMBENT

accident
adolescent
advertisement
agent
agreement
apartment
assessment
bent
bowbent
client
comment
component
content
current
department
Derbent
development
hellbent
inbent
unbent

Synonyms and antonyms of procumbent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «procumbent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROCUMBENT

Find out the translation of procumbent to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of procumbent from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «procumbent» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

平卧
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

procumbentes
570 millions of speakers

English

procumbent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

procumbent
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

منبطح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

распростертое
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

procumbent
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভূশায়ী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

procumbent
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengarang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

procumbent
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

procumbent
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

포복
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Procumbent
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nằm sấp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குப்புறப்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्राप्तकर्ता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

procumbent
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prono
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

procumbent
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розпростерте
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

procumbent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πρηνής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

liggend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

procumbent
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

procumbent
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of procumbent

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROCUMBENT»

The term «procumbent» is normally little used and occupies the 134.551 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROCUMBENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «procumbent» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «procumbent» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about procumbent

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROCUMBENT»

Discover the use of procumbent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to procumbent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Farm Horticulture
In many cases the trailing stem serves the usual purpose of supporting the leaves , but in others the procumbent stem becomes a means of perpetuating and distributing the species. These stems are usually characterized by the buds at the  ...
George Hood, 2009
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Comparative Wood Anatomy: Systematic, Ecological, and ...
Uniseriate ray cells are usually less markedly upright (than in Heterogeneous type I), and are composed of cells unlike those of multiseriate portions of multiseriate rays (which are mostly procumbent) (Fig. 6.4). Heterogeneous Type HA.
Sherwin Carlquist, 2001
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Vol. I. - Thalamiflorae
Var. a; flowers white. Var. {3 ; flowers smaller, rose-red. Sweet, cist. t. 106. Var. y ; flowers double, rose or red-coloured. Changeable-flowered Sun-Rose. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 7 Shrub procumbent. 132 H. VARIEGA'TUM (Sweet, cist. t. 38.) ...
‎1831
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A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants: Comprising ...
Fl. June,July. Clt. 1733. Pl. procumbent. 3 E. vlLLòsUs (Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 3. р. 30. t. 235. f'. b.) diffuse, villous; branches ascending; lower leaves ovate-elliptic: uppermost floral ones minute; peduncles 1~2flowered, longer than the leaves. и.
George Don, 1838
5
A General History of the Dichleamydeous Plants ... Arranged ...
Fl. June, July. Clt. 1733. Pl. procumbent. 3 Е. viLLòsUs (Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 30. t. 235. f'. b.) diffuse, villous; branches ascending; lower leaves ovate-elliptic: uppermost floral ones minute; peduncles l-2-flowered, longer than the leaves. 11.
George Don, 1838
6
A General System of Gardening and Botany: Containing a ...
stems much branched, procumbent; leaves on short footstalks, ovate, acute, and somewhat mucronatc, rounded at the base, thickish, with the margin as well as the middle nerve on the under surface ciliated ; calyx pubescent ; ovary containing ...
George Don, 1831
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Tracking the Phylogeny of the Crotoneae with Comparative ...
Procumbent cells were broken into two categories for this study - nominal procumbent cells and true procumbent cells. Nominal procumbent cells are those with a radial dimension between 150 and 250% of the axial dimension; roughly brick ...
Alex C. Wiedenhoeft, 2008
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A System of Vegetables: According to Their Classes, Orders, ...
A. ftem-growing procumbent, legumes awPd recurved fmooth, leaflets inverfc- hearted villous underneath. • hook'd. A. ftem-growing procumbent, legumes writhed, chan- nel'd villous. writhed. A. ftem-growing procumbent, /pikes peduncled, ...
Carl von Linné, Johan Elmgren, Samuel Johnson, 1783
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Vol. IV. - Corolliflorae
Chickweed-like Evolvulus. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1733. Pl. procumbent. 8 Е. VILLòsUs (Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 3. р. 30. t. 235. f. b.) diffuse, villous; branches ascending; lower leaves ovate-elliptic: uppermost floral ones minute; peduncles 1-2-flowered, ...
‎1838
10
Flora Europaea: Rosaceae to Umbelliferae
Procumbent, somewhat fleshy, glabrous annual, usually with 4 branches from the base; branches up to 40cm. Leaves (4-)5-ll(-16)x2-5-5(-10) mm, falcate-oblong, obtuse or emarginate, entire or almost so; base obliquely truncate; petiole 2-3 ...
T. G. Tutin, V. H. Heywood, N. A. Burges, 1968

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROCUMBENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term procumbent is used in the context of the following news items.
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Marion garden tour promises to stimulate senses
“The juniper, also known as a green mound or procumbent nana, is at least 25 years old,” Jerry said. “I pruned it in a semi-cascade form, so that ... «Hillsboro Star-Journal, Jun 15»
2
June Cricket Diary 2015
Any period of rain will have stimulated the Poa grass species in the square, thus increasing thatch and procumbent growth; regular Verti- cutting will alleviate ... «Pitchcare, Jun 15»
3
Latest-known diadectomorph discovered from the Upper Permian of …
Alveusdectes fenestralis is distinguished as a diadectomorph in early tetrapods for heterodont dentition with anterior procumbent anterior teeth, ... «Phys.Org, May 15»
4
Yi qi Is Neat But Might Not Have Been the Black Screaming Dino …
The scansoriopterygid skull is short-faced and robust, the anterior end of the lower jaw is slightly downturned, and the teeth are procumbent. «Scientific American, May 15»
5
Kuehne & Nagel International's (KHNGF) CEO Detlef Trefzger on Q4 …
Globally the procumbent activities, the network optimization as well as the solutions selling in Overland had create off and we are, as one ... «Seeking Alpha, Feb 15»
6
Weeding with a wonderful view
Actually, what's involved is the alien invasive moss-like plant Sagina procumbens – technically it's a procumbent pearlwort – and the three ... «Independent Online, Sep 14»
7
SA team deployed to eradicate 'aggressive' alien
According Ryan Sagina, which is also called the Procumbent Pearlwort, is problematic because it grows very fast and produces seed quickly, ... «News24, Sep 14»
8
Ralph Hudgens: No longer an Obamacare 'obstructionist'
... Man who has been entrusted to Deal Not in procumbent behavior. .... prevaricating, lounging, procumbent, loll, proneness, hypocritical, ... «Atlanta Journal Constitution, Aug 14»
9
June Cricket Diary 2014
Any period of rain will have stimulated the Poa grass species in the square, thus increasing thatch and procumbent growth; regular verticutting will alleviate any ... «Pitchcare, Jun 14»
10
AG queries sh2b 'inflated' cost for Cancer ward
Procumbent regulations provide that a contract amendment shall not be issued to the provider prior to obtaining approval from the contracts ... «New Vision, Jan 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Procumbent [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/procumbent>. Apr 2024 ».
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