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Webster 1913 Edition
Scandent
Scan′dent
,Adj.
[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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Scandent
SCAND'ENT
,Adj.
Climbing, either with spiral tendrils for its support, or by adhesive fibers, as a stalk; climbing; performing the office of a tendril, as a petiole.
Definition 2024
scandent
scandent
English
Adjective
scandent (comparative more scandent, superlative most scandent)
- (botany) climbing, without obvious morphological adaptations.