What is reclining on the ground, as if too weak to stand, and tending to rise at the summit or apex; as, a decumbent stem. Gray called?
decumbent — (Bot.) Reclining on the ground, as if too weak to stand, and tending to rise at the summit or apex; as, a decumbent stem. Gray. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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