Scandent
//ˈskæn.dənt// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Climbing, without obvious morphological adaptations. not-comparable
"I found but a single specimen—a scandent shrub of Datura metel, at a house site in a small coastal village, planted, I was told, as a remedy for asthma."
Adjective
- 1 used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb wordnet
Example
More examples"I found but a single specimen—a scandent shrub of Datura metel, at a house site in a small coastal village, planted, I was told, as a remedy for asthma."
Etymology
From the present participle stem of Latin scandere (“to climb”).
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