Semi-trailing

Quick meaning: Semi-trailing is an adjective meaning (horticulture) Having stems thick enough to stand somewhat erect, but eventually drooping like a vine.

Meaning

(horticulture) Having stems thick enough to stand somewhat erect, but eventually drooping like a vine.

More Meanings

1. (mechanics) Having a movement that pivots on an access which is at an angle between longitudinal and transverse.
2. (verse) Having an opening syllable that is the continuation of a preceding line and including a syntactic break such as a comma or full stop somewhere after that but before the end.

Example Sentences

semi-trailing arm suspension

This plant is semi-trailing and cold-hardy.

Swivelling of these semi-trailing arms is therefore neither true transverse or true trailing but is a combination of both.

The latter method must be used for some varieties that are semi-trailing and for the frankly trailing sorts, such as the dewberry and youngberry.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include vined, vining, stumplike, branchy, vine-like, pendulous.

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