Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Climbing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany: Climbing; ascending by attaching itself to a support in any manner. See
climb , 3. - Performing the office of a tendril, as the petiole of Clematis.
- In ornithology, same as
scansorial , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Climbing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany
climbing , without obviousmorphological adaptations .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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At least 137 species of trees and shrubs occur here, 18 species of vine and scandent shrubs, and seven species of palms.
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Notable plant species include tree ferns (Angiopteris evecta) with 9-meter-wide canopies in Moorean valleys and a scandent cliff-dwelling Metrosideros sp.
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Description: Erect, decumbent or scandent perennial woody herb usually 0. 3-1 m high, occasionally to 2 m, usually with numerous ascending branches.
Chapter 7 1999
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So did Pedro; who continued along the edge of the garden, leading us to a sheltered corner where the ground was covered by the dense foliage of a scandent vine.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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The bushes were almost ten feet tall, scandent with small white flowers, red fruits like those of a barberry, and leaves of a brilliant yellowish green hue that set them apart from the other plants in the garden.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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The bushes were almost ten feet tall, scandent with small white flowers, red fruits like those of a barberry, and leaves of a brilliant yellowish green hue that set them apart from the other plants in the garden.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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Usually found growing around the malocas, it is a scandent vine with opposite leaves and small pink berries that are said to sweeten the brew.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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So did Pedro; who continued along the edge of the garden, leading us to a sheltered corner where the ground was covered by the dense foliage of a scandent vine.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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Usually found growing around the malocas, it is a scandent vine with opposite leaves and small pink berries that are said to sweeten the brew.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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Curiously, after walking the hills along the road over the mountains toward the southern port of Jacmel, and the barren fields along the east coast as far as Anse-à-Veau, I found but a single specimen—a scandent shrub of Datura metel, at a house site in a small coastal village, planted, I was told, as a remedy for asthma.
The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985
snarkout commented on the word scandent
Adj. Climbing, as a vine.
December 10, 2006