Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, spread over the surface of the ground; procumbent: as, a humifuse plant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Spread over the surface of the ground; procumbent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany Spread over the surface of the ground;
procumbent .
Etymologies
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Latin humus ground + fusus, past participle of fundere to spread.
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