decumbent
/dɪˈkʌmbənt/
adjective
- Lying down or reclining; in botany, describing a plant stem that lies flat on the ground but has an upward-growing tip.
- This groundcover has decumbent stems that spread across the soil.
- The hiker rested in a decumbent position on the soft grass.
- The decumbent branches of the shrub crept along the garden bed before rising at the ends.
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