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ascending definition

as·cend·ing (-diŋ)

adjective

  1. that ascends
  2. Bot. rising or curving upward from a trailing position, as the stems of certain vines and shrubs

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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