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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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.
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
The other is a curious, leafless, scandent, monocotyledon.
From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William
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
Narrow rafts 4 inches wide and 1 foot or so in height are suitable for Angræcum infundibulare, A. imbricatum, and other scandent Angræcums of similar growth.
From Orchids by O'Brien, James
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