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scandent

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scan⋅dent

  [skan-duhnt]
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–adjective
climbing, as a plant.
Origin:
1675–85; < L scandent- (s. of scandēns, prp. of scandere to climb); see scan, -ent
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scan·dent   (skān'dənt)   
adj.   Botany
Climbing: a scandent vine.

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