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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scandent  \Scan"dent\,  a.  [L.  scandens,  -entis,  p.  pr  of 
  scandere  to  climb.] 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scandent 
  adj  :  used  especially  of  plants;  having  a  tendency  to  climb;  "a 
  climbing  fern";  "plants  of  a  creeping  or  scandent 
  nature"  [syn:  {climbing(a)}] 




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