(Of habit) loose, not erect.
Oriented outward and more or less diverging from the point of origin.
A plant which grows much wider than it does tall, perhaps with mainly horizontal branches, perhaps by rooting in the ground and making an ever-expanding clump.
A plant which grows much wider than it does tall, perhaps with mainly horizontal branches, perhaps by rooting in the ground and making an ever-expanding clump.
The extension of a bacterial culture on a growth medium.