SCANDENT

scandent

(adjective) used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb; “plants of a creeping or scandent nature”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

scandent (not comparable)

(botany) Climbing, without obvious morphological adaptations.

Source: Wiktionary


Scan"dent, a. Etym: [L. scandens, -entis, p.pr. of scandere to climb.]

Definition: Climbing.

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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