Scandent \Scan"dent\, a. [L. scandens, -entis, p. pr. of
scandere to climb.]
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.
scandent
adj : used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb;
"plants of a creeping or scandent nature"