Definition of "decumbent" []

• Lying down; reclining. (adjective)
• Botany Lying or growing on the ground but with erect or rising tips: decumbent stems. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Description: Erect, decumbent or scandent perennial woody herb usually 0. 3-1 m high, occasionally to 2 m, usually with numerous ascending branches."
• "Description: An erect or prostrate decumbent fleshy herb with spreading branches."
• "Description: An erect much-branched herb (rarely decumbent), usually 0. 5-1.2 m high."