scandent

adj
/ˈskæn.dənt/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from scandere

Definitions

  1. Climbing, 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.

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