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scandent

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈskæn.dənt/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Climbing, without obvious morphological adaptations.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • plants of a creeping or scandent nature

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From the present participle stem of Latin scandere (“to climb”).