scandentadj.
/ˈskandənt/, U.S. /ˈskændnt/ Zoology and Botany.
Climbing; ascending.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > [adjective] > climbing, spreading, or creeping
running1548
spreading1560
flat1578
ramping1578
wandering1590
upcreeping1611
gadding1638
rambling1653
obsequious1657
reptant1657
scansive1657
scansory1657
procumbent1668
repent1669
scandenta1682
supine1686
scrambling1688
creeping1697
sarmentous1721
reptile1727
sarmentose1760
prostrate1773
trailing1785
decumbent1789
travelling1822
vagrant1827
sarmentaceous1830
humifuse1854
sarmentiferous1858
amphibryous1866
humistratous1880
climbing1882
clambering1883
the world > animals > by locomotion > [adjective] > climbing
scansorial1835
scandent1847
a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) 7 Hedera or Ivy, which notwithstanding, except in its scandent nature, agreed not fully with the other.
?1711 J. Petiver Gazophylacii IX. Table 84 A scandent Plant with long opposite Leaves, and a Melon-like Root.
1821 W. P. C. Barton Flora N. Amer. (new ed.) I. 38 Root perennial, stem scandent, red.
1847 B. H. Hodgson in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 16 ii. 700 The Goats have callosities on the chest and knees... Eminently bold, saucy, and scandent.
1879 M. Collins Pen Sketches I. 116 Covered by blossoming wistaria and other scandent plants.
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