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.
SCANDIA
Scan"di*a, n. Etym: [NL. See Scandium.] (Chem.)
Defn: A chemical earth, the oxide of scandium.
SCANDIC
Scan"dic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to scandium; derived from, or containing, scandium.
SCANDINAVIAN
Scan`di*na"vi*an, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Scandinavia, that is, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. — n.
Defn: A native or inhabitant of Scandinavia.
SCANDIUM Scan"di*um, n. Etym: [NL. So called because found in Scandinavian minerals] (Chem.)
Defn: A rare metallic element of the boron group, whose existence was predicated under the provisional name ekaboron by means of the periodic law, and subsequently discovered by spectrum analysis in certain rare Scandinavian minerals (euxenite and gadolinite). It has not yet been isolated. Symbol Sc. Atomic weight 44