A plant whose natural habit is resting on the ground, but with the tip rising up (in contrast to prostrate, in which a structure lies completely flat on the ground )
{s} lying down; reclining on the ground; (Botany) growing in the direction of the ground (plants that lie along the ground but have a tip that grows upward); (Zoology) growing flat (hair or bristles which grow flat or lie along a surface)
Reclining with the tips ascending; a plant that has its base lying on the ground and a stem that grows upward dentate Toothed, usually with the teeth directed outward
decumbent
Silbentrennung
de·cum·bent
Aussprache
Etymologie
[ di-'k&m-b&nt, dE- ] (adjective.) 1656. Latin decumbere.