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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.
[L. scandens, scando, to climb.]
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)

  1. (botany) climbing, without obvious morphological adaptations.

French

Verb

scandent

  1. third-person plural present indicative of scander
  2. third-person plural present subjunctive of scander

Latin

Verb

scandent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of scandō