That by which a plant, a fruit, etc. is upheld or supported: †a stalk, peduncle, or petiole (obsolete); in plural the organs by which some…

A slender thread-like organ or appendage of a plant (consisting of a modified stem, branch, flower-stalk, leaf, or part of a leaf), often growing…

A tendril, a clasper, n. Obsolete.

Botany. A tendril of a climbing plant.

A tendril of a climbing plant.

A tendril.

A small tag: spec. (a) a tendril; (b) a catkin.

A twined or twisted object or part. A twining or trailing stem or spray of a plant.

transferred. A natural string or cord. A tendril (of hops, vine, pea); a runner (of the strawberry, the potato). ? Now dialect.

A wreath or spray of (natural) leaves, etc.; a trailing tendril or branch. (Cf. 1c.)

transferred and figurative (and in figurative context). Applied to long leafy shoots or tendrils, rays of the sun, etc.

A tendril. Obsolete. rare.

Botany. A tendril: see quots. 1845 1861.

Botany. A tendril, clasper, cirrus. Obsolete.

One who or that which turns about, turns from side to side, rotates, etc. A twisting or twining shoot. Obsolete. rare.

A flexible shoot of any shrub, a shoot of the year's growth; the flexible stem of a climbing plant.