Scandent

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scandent \Scan"dent\, a. [L. scandens, -entis, p. pr. of
     scandere to climb.]
     Climbing.
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     Note: Scandent plants may climb either by twining, as the


           hop, or by twisted leafstalks, as the clematis, or by
           tendrils, as the passion flower, or by rootlets, as the
           ivy.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  scandent
       adj : used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb;
             "plants of a creeping or scandent nature"