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ten·dril I. \ˈtendrəl\ noun (-s) Etymology: perhaps modification of Middle French tendron tendril, alteration (influenced by tendron tender bud, cartilage) of tendon tendon, tendril, from Medieval Latin tendon-, tendo tendon 1. : a portion or the whole of a leaf, stipule, or stem that is modified into a slender spirally coiling sensitive organ serving to attach a plant (as a peavine or grapevine) to its support and to assist it in climbing 2. a. : something resembling a tendril < her hair hung in loose, vivid tendrils around her face — Laura Krey > < tendrils of mist were curling over the edges of the meadow — P.A.Brodeur > b. : something that clings like a tendril < was aware of each tendril of her being seeking some substance to which it might cling — Helen Howe > [tendril 1] II. adjective 1. : of, relating to, or like a tendril 2. : tendriled |