scandent
/ˈskæn.dənt/
scandent adjective: climbing, without obvious morphological adaptations.
Adjective
scandent (not comparable)
- 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.1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 52
Origin of scandent
From the present participle stem of Latin scandere (“to climb”).
Words formed from scandent
Questions about scandent
- What does scandent mean?
- Scandent means climbing, without obvious morphological adaptations.
- What part of speech is scandent?
- Scandent is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce scandent?
- Scandent is pronounced /ˈskæn.dənt/.
Words near scandent in the dictionary
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