scandent

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskæn.dənt/

Adjective

scandent (not comparable)

1. (botany) Climbing, without obvious morphological adaptations.
   • 1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 52:

     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.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɑ̃.dɑ̃/

Verb

scandent

1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of scander

Latin

Verb

scandent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of scandō