About The Word Scandent
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Scandent
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What's The Definition Of Scandent?
[adj] used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb; "a climbing fern"; "plants of a creeping or scandent nature"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Scandent: ascending(a) | climbing(a) Related Terms | Find terms related to Scandent: See Also | Scandent In Webster's Dictionary \Scan"dent\, a. [L. scandens, -entis, p. pr. of
scandere to climb.]
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.
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