tendril

ten·dril

T0104300 (tĕn′drəl)n.1. A twisting, slender structure by which a plant, such as a grape or cucumber, twines around and often climbs an object or another plant.2. Something, such as a ringlet of hair, that is long, slender, and curling.

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[French tendrillon, from Old French, diminutive of tendron, young shoot, from tendre, tender; see tender¹.]

tendril

(ˈtɛndrɪl) n1. (Botany) a specialized threadlike part of a leaf or stem that attaches climbing plants to a support by twining or adhering2. something resembling a tendril, such as a wisp of hair[C16: perhaps from Old French tendron tendril (confused with Old French tendron bud), from Medieval Latin tendō tendon] ˈtendrillar, ˈtendrilous adj

ten•dril

(ˈtɛn drɪl)

n. a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant. [1530–40; earlier tendrel, alter. of Middle English tendren, tendron < Middle French tendron sprout, cartilage, probably alter., by suffix substitution, of tendrum < Vulgar Latin *tenerūmen = Latin tener tender¹ + -ūmen n. suffix] ten′dril•ous, adj.

ten·dril

(tĕn′drəl) A slender, coiling plant part, often a modified leaf or leaf part, that helps support the stem of climbing plants by clinging to or winding around an object. Peas, squash, and grapes produce tendrils.

Thesaurus

Noun

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tendril - slender stem-like structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for supportplant part, plant structure - any part of a plant or funguscirrhus, cirrus - usually coiled

tendril

nounA young stemlike growth arising from a plant:bine, offshoot, runner, shoot, sprig, sprout.

Translations

zarcilloviticcio