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Definition of Scandent
1. Adjective. Used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb. "Plants of a creeping or scandent nature"
Definition of Scandent
1. a. Climbing.
Definition of Scandent
1. Adjective. (botany) climbing, without obvious morphological adaptations. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scandent
1. climbing, as a plant [adj]
Medical Definition of Scandent
1. Climbing. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scandent
Literary usage of Scandent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"... scandent. 1 Side Tie» of a newly opened flower. *, ', « Flowers in the three
successive stages of their development which lead tc- autogamy. ..."
2. A Sketch of the Botany of South-Carolina and Georgia by Stephen Elliott (1824)
"... Stem scandent, glabrous; leaves heart- * This genus, closely allied in habit
and appearance to the ..."
3. Hortus Jamaicensis, Or, A Botanical Description, (according to the Linnean by John Lunan (1814)
"scandent. of the capsule obtuse-angled, the others parallel and verv small.
This has decumbent knotty stems, pushing out roots at the knots, ..."
4. Hand-book of Indian Flora: Being a Guide to All the Flowering Plants by Herber Drury (1866)
"Glabrous: branches scandent, angularly striated J • leaves petioled, ovate or
elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, serrated : limb obtuse ..."
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