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1. (n.) tendril
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.
Etymology: (1530–40; earlier tendrel, alter. of ME tendren, tendron < MF tendron sprout, cartilage, prob. alter., by suffix substitution, of
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1. (noun) tendril
slender stem-like structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for support
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1. (adj) tendril
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
2. (adj) tendril
clasping; climbing as a tendril
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