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tendril |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tendril \Ten"dril\, a. Clasping; climbing as a tendril. [R.] --Dyer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tendril \Ten"dril\, n. [Shortened fr OF tendrillon fr F. tendre tender; hence properly, the tender branch or spring of a plant: cf F. tendrille. See {Tender}, a., and cf {Tendron}.] (Bot.) A slender, leafless portion of a plant by which it becomes attached to a supporting body, after which the tendril usually contracts by coiling spirally. Note: Tendrils may represent the end of a stem, as in the grapevine; an axillary branch, as in the passion flower; stipules, as in the genus Smilax; or the end of a leaf, as in the pea. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tendril n : slender stemlike structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for support
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