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scandent

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scan·dent  (skndnt)
adj. Botany
Climbing: a scandent vine.
[Latin scandns, scandent-, present participle of scandere, to climb; see skand- in Indo-European roots.]
scandent [ˈskændənt]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (of plants) having a climbing habit
[from Latin scandere to climb]
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Adj.1.scandent - used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb; "plants of a creeping or scandent nature"
ascending - moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed"
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