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"