scandent
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of scandent
1675–85; < Latin scandent- (stem of scandēns, present participle of scandere to climb); see scan, -ent
Example Sentences
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Botanical Description.—A vigorous plant with scandent stem 2–4 meters long, the more recent growth woolly.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers
Stem often long and erect, sometimes scandent, branching, ridged or angular; flowers from the sides of the stem; calyx tube elongated and regular; stamens free.
From Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation by Watson, W.
At all points it presents a façade grim and precipitous, here and there enamelled by spots and streaks of verdure, wherever ledge or crevice gives plants of the scandent kind an opportunity to strike root.
From The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora by Reid, Mayne
The other is a curious, leafless, scandent, monocotyledon.
From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William
Stems are densely tufted, branched, geniculately ascending, erect or the branches scandent, solid, smooth and polished, 1 to 7 feet.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
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