scansoryadj.
/ˈskansəri/ rare.
Of or pertaining to climbing; given to climbing.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > [adjective] > climbing, spreading, or creeping
running1548
spreading1560
flat1578
ramping1578
wandering1590
upcreeping1611
gadding1638
rambling1653
obsequious1657
reptant1657
scansive1657
scansory1657
procumbent1668
repent1669
scandenta1682
supine1686
scrambling1688
creeping1697
sarmentous1721
reptile1727
sarmentose1760
prostrate1773
trailing1785
decumbent1789
travelling1822
vagrant1827
sarmentaceous1830
humifuse1854
sarmentiferous1858
amphibryous1866
humistratous1880
climbing1882
clambering1883
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > of feet > adapted for climbing
scansorial1804
scansorious1814
scansory1826
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Mm3v Scammony..is a lacteous, volvulous, scansory, and smooth Plant.
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxxv. 546 They are eminently the scansory or climbing legs in almost all insects.
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