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adjectivehaving a beak or beaklike snout or proboscis
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Definition that contains rostrate
- lie be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position
- prostrate get into a prostrate position, as in submission
- prostration the act of assuming a prostrate position
- pussy's-paw pink clusters of densely packed flowers on prostrate stems resemble upturned pads of cats' feet; grow in coniferous forests of western North America
- cranberry heath small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in genus Styphelia
- bow down get into a prostrate position, as in submission
- mimosa pudica 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
- ipomoea pes-caprae a prostrate perennial of coastal sand dunes Florida to Texas
- kennedia prostrata hairy trailing or prostrate western Australian vine with bright scarlet-pink flowers
- abronia umbellata prostrate herb having heads of deep pink to white flowers; found in coastal dunes from British Columbia to Baja California