scandent

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This species is of half-scandent habit, with large, trifoliolate leaves, which turn of various tints of red and crimson in the autumn.

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  1. adjective Botany Climbing: a scandent vine.

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  1. Latin scandēns, scandent-, present participle of scandere, to climb; see skand- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin scanden(t-)s, present participle of scandere, climb: see scan.
 

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/ˈskændənt/
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