Meanings
adjectivescandent (not comparable)
- not comparablebiologyClimbing, without obvious morphological adaptations.
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.
1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 52
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveused especially of plants; having a tendency to climb
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Origin
- Latinscandere“to climb”
- Englishscandent
From the present participle stem of Latin scandere (“to climb”).
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scandent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scandent
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“scandent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scandent. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scandent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scandent.
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