Definition that contains rostra
- lie be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position
- prostrate get into a prostrate position, as in submission
- sunstroke sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat
- prostration abject submission; the emotional equivalent of prostrating your body
- prostration the act of assuming a prostrate position
- sea spurry prostrate weedy herb with tiny pink flowers; widespread throughout Europe and Asia on sand dunes and heath and coastal cliffs; naturalized in eastern North America
- touch-me-not prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled
- humble plant prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled
- bubonic plague the most common form of the plague in humans; characterized by chills, prostration, delirium and the formation of buboes in the armpits and groin; does not spread from person to person
- genus erica large genus of low much-branched woody evergreens ranging from prostrate subshrubs to trees: true heaths