SCANDENT

scandent. Scandent, a. climbing, creeping up

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Scan″dent (?), a. [[L. scandens, -entis, p. pr. of scandere to climb.]] Climbing. ☞ 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.