Tendril
['tendrɪl] or ['tɛndrəl]
Definition
(noun.) slender stem-like structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for support.
Checker: Quincy--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) 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.
(a.) Clasping; climbing as a tendril.
Inputed by Donald
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. (Bot.) Filament, cirrus.
Typist: Preston
Definition
n. a slender spiral shoot of a plant by which it attaches itself for support.—adj. clasping or climbing.—adj. Ten′drilled.
Checker: Marie
Examples
- Not fearing the dew, she has not covered her head; her curls are free--they veil her neck and caress her shoulder with their tendril rings. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The gradations from leaf-climbers to tendril bearers are wonderfully close, and certain plants may be differently placed in either class. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
Inputed by Barnard