scandent

American  

[skan-duhnt] / ˈskæn dənt /

adjective

1. climbing, as a plant.

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scandent British  

/ ˈskændənt /

adjective

1. (of plants) having a climbing habit

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Etymology

Origin of scandent

1675–85; < Latin scandent- (stem of scandēns, present participle of scandere to climb); see scan, -ent

Example Sentences

Soloviev, well-grown and already obese, with a broad, ruddy Volga face and a light, scandent little beard, belonged to those kindly, merry and simple fellows, of which there are sufficiently many in any university.

From Yama: the pit by Guerney, Bernard Guilbert

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.

It is a stout, scandent, evergreen shrub, which strongly resembles the myrtle.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.

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