Meaning of SCANDENT
| Pronunciation: | | 'skandunt
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| | Definition: | | [adj] used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb; "a climbing fern"; "plants of a creeping or scandent nature" |
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| | Synonyms: | | ascending(a), climbing(a) |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Climbing. |
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