Tendril
11tendril — ten|dril [ˈtendrıl] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from Old French tendron, from tendon tendon, tendril , from Medieval Latin tendo; TENDON] 1.) a thin leafless curling stem by which a climbing plant fastens itself to a support 2.) literary… …
12tendril — UK [ˈtendrəl] / US [ˈtendrɪl] noun [countable] Word forms tendril : singular tendril plural tendrils 1) a long thin part of some plants that joins onto things and helps to support the plant 2) a thin curly piece of hair …
13tendril — noun Etymology: probably modification of Middle French tendron bud, cartilage, alteration of Old French tenrum, from Vulgar Latin *tenerumen, from Latin tener tender more at tender Date: 1538 1. a leaf, stipule, or stem modified into a slender… …
14tendril — ten|dril [ tendrıl ] noun count 1. ) a long thin part of some plants that joins onto things and helps to support the plant 2. ) a thin curly piece of hair …
15tendril — [[t]te̱ndrɪl[/t]] tendrils 1) N COUNT A tendril is something light and thin, for example a piece of hair which hangs loose and is away from the main part. Tendrils of hair strayed to the edge of her pillow. 2) N COUNT: usu pl Tendrils are thin… …
16tendril-climbing — adjective of or relating to plants that climb by means of tendrils • Pertains to noun: ↑tendril …
17tendril — a slender, curling barbel or other structure …
18tendril — noun /ˈten.drəl/ a) A thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support. b) A hair like tentacle …
19tendril — Synonyms and related words: animal fiber, appendage, arm, artificial fiber, bine, bough, branch, branchedness, branchiness, burgeon, capillament, cilium, cirrus, cobweb, coil, corkscrew, curl, curlicue, deadwood, denier, evolute, fiber, fibrilla …
20tendril — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A young stemlike growth arising from a plant: bine, offshoot, runner, shoot, sprig, sprout. See KIN …
