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scandent, a. Zool. and Bot.|ˈskændənt|
[ad. L. scandent-em, pr. pple. of scandĕre to climb: see scan v.]
Climbing; ascending.
a1682Sir T. Browne Tracts (1683) 7 Hedera or Ivy, which notwithstanding, except in its scandent nature, agreed not fully with the other. c1711Petiver Gazophyl. ix. 84 A scandent Plant with long opposite Leaves, and a Melon-like Root. 1821W. P. C. Barton Flora N. Amer. I. 38 Root perennial, stem scandent, red. 1847Hodgson in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal XVI. ii. 700 The Goats have callosities on the chest and knees... Eminently bold, saucy, and scandent. 1879M. Collins Pen Sketches I. 116 Covered by blossoming wistaria and other scandent plants. |