slovo | definícia |
scandent (encz) | scandent, adj: |
Scandent (gcide) | Scandent \Scan"dent\, a. [L. scandens, -entis, p. pr. of
scandere to climb.]
Climbing.
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Note: Scandent plants may climb either by twining, as the
hop, or by twisted leafstalks, as the clematis, or by
tendrils, as the passion flower, or by rootlets, as the
ivy.
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scandent (wn) | scandent
adj 1: used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb;
"plants of a creeping or scandent nature" |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
order scandentia (encz) | order Scandentia, n: |
scandent (encz) | scandent, adj: |
order scandentia (wn) | order Scandentia
n 1: a small order comprising only the tree shrews: in some
classifications tree shrews are considered either primates
(and included in the suborder Prosimii) or true
insectivores (and included in the order Insectivora) [syn:
Scandentia, order Scandentia] |
scandent (wn) | scandent
adj 1: used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb;
"plants of a creeping or scandent nature" |
scandentia (wn) | Scandentia
n 1: a small order comprising only the tree shrews: in some
classifications tree shrews are considered either primates
(and included in the suborder Prosimii) or true
insectivores (and included in the order Insectivora) [syn:
Scandentia, order Scandentia] |
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