Scandent
Pronunciation : Scan"dent
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. scandens, -entis, p.pr. of scandere to climb.]
Definition : Defn: Climbing.
Note: Scandent plants may climb either by twining, as the hop, or by twisted leafstalks, as the clematis, or by tendrils, as the passion flower, or by rootlets, as the ivy.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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