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decumbent

adjective as in lying down

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The frond is long and narrow, and rarely rises erect, but usually is decumbent or reclined in position.

In this case the mule was found decumbent on a concrete floor.

These root-like fibres then branch out, sending out straight or decumbent articulated stems.

“A. elymoides,” weeping Mitchell grass; plant decumbent, the stems several feet long.

Some are attached by the whole length of the shell, they are then said to be decumbent.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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