01 a. Crawling, or moving close to the ground.
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Crawling, or moving close to the ground.
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Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils.“Casements lined with creeping herbs.” — Cowper.
Phrases & compounds
Ceeping crowfoot —
a plant, the Ranunculus repens.
Creeping snowberry —
an American plant (Chiogenes hispidula) with white berries and very small round leaves having the flavor of wintergreen.