scandent Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb
    • plants of a creeping or scandent nature

WordNet

Scan"dent adjective
Etymology
L. scandens, -entis, p.pr. of scandere to climb.
Definitions
  1. Climbing. ✍ 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.

Webster 1913