It is of a procumbent habit, and has a woody nature. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening for the Million] Reference
They are arranged on procumbent branches, all, like the flowers, facing upwards. From Wordnik.com. [Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.] Reference
A charming little evergreen, of procumbent growth, bearing throughout the whole summer. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening for the Million] Reference
Ryne noticed that she was floating above her procumbent form and fought harder against the pull. From Wordnik.com. [In the Midnight Hour] Reference
When it once finds a happy home it increases fast; the thick stalks are procumbent and emit roots. From Wordnik.com. [Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.] Reference
In Caudipteryx, four procumbent teeth are present in each premaxilla, but the rest of the skull is edentulous. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-07-01] Reference
The most striking characteristics of the Prostrate Gromwell are its fine dark blue flowers and procumbent habit. From Wordnik.com. [Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.] Reference
In archaeopterygids for example, the premaxillary teeth are more peg-like and more procumbent than are the other teeth. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-07-01] Reference
All these young shoots grow in the upward direction, leaving the procumbent branches to form an even line on the lower side. From Wordnik.com. [Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.] Reference
Labiate plants, and takes its second title from a Greek verb signifying "to creep," which has reference to the procumbent habit of the plant. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
Cyanthus Lobatus -- A small, but very beautiful procumbent perennial, well adapted to fill moist places on rock-work if the situation is open and sunny. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening for the Million] Reference
In forest and shrubland associations this species has an erect habit and narrow crown, but on windswept coastal heaths it may be reduced to a procumbent plant. From Wordnik.com. [7. Other Promising Species] Reference
The modern Arabs use a procumbent loom, raised above the ground by short legs. From Wordnik.com. [Smith's Bible Dictionary] Reference
Mr. Langton had, as a preliminary, to stoop and drag aside the legs of a reveller procumbent on the floor. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Good-for-Nothing] Reference
She was procumbent, and her face was mashed on the ground, but she had moved several feet closer to the house. From Wordnik.com. [Tobacco Road]
It has a procumbent, assurgent, geniculate stem, which roots at the joints; the leaves are hairy, with spikes shorter than the joints. From Wordnik.com. [Report of the North-Carolina Geological Survey. Agriculture of the Eastern Counties: Together with Descriptions of the Fossils of the Marl Beds] Reference
"It is short-stemmed and procumbent, but has a magnificent crown of light green ostrich-feather-like leaves, which rise from thirty to forty feet high.". From Wordnik.com. [Miscellanea] Reference
Its procumbent stalks emit roots. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening for the Million] Reference
It is of a procumbent habit, and only. From Wordnik.com. [Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.] Reference
It is procumbent or spreading and branched. From Wordnik.com. [Clovers and How to Grow Them] Reference
Chamomile is procumbent. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
A procumbent ftem. From Wordnik.com. [The language of botany : being a dictionary of the terms made use of in that science, principally by Linneus ...] Reference
/3. procumbent. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the Linnean Society] Reference
4 glanulous, procumbent. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the Society for the promotion of useful arts, in the state of New York] Reference
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