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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.