What is "scandent"

Scandent \Scan"dent\,

1. [L. scandens, -entis, p. pr. of scandere to clim

2. ] Climbing.

   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.

a. (context botany English) climbing, without obvious morphological adaptations.

adj. used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb; "plants of a creeping or scandent nature"