Definition of tendril

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Tendril (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..

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Amplectant :: Amplectant (a.) Clasping a support; as, amplectant tendrils..
Climb :: Climb (v. i.) To ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrils, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface..
Cirrose :: Cirrose (a.) Bearing a tendril or tendrils; as, a cirrose leaf..
Clasper :: Clasper (n.) One who, or that which, clasps, as a tendril..
Tendrilled :: Tendrilled (a.) Furnished with tendrils, or with such or so many, tendrils..
Capreolate :: Capreolate (a.) Having a tendril or tendrils.
Amputate :: Amputate (v. t.) To prune or lop off, as branches or tendrils..
Claspered :: Claspered (a.) Furnished with tendrils.
Fulcrum :: Fulcrum (n.) An accessory organ such as a tendril, stipule, spine, and the like..
Creeping :: Creeping (a.) Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils..
Stipulary :: Stipular (a.) Of or pertaining to stipules; resembling stipules; furnished with stipules; growing on stipules, or close to them; occupying the position of stipules; as, stipular glands and stipular tendrils..
Vine :: Vine (n.) Hence, a climbing or trailing plant; the long, slender stem of any plant that trails on the ground, or climbs by winding round a fixed object, or by seizing anything with its tendrils, or claspers; a creeper; as, the hop vine; the bean vine; the vines of melons, squashes, pumpkins, and other cucurbitaceous plants..
Cirrose :: Cirrose (a.) Resembling a tendril or cirrus.
Cirriform :: Cirriform (a.) Formed like a cirrus or tendril; -- said of appendages of both animals and plants.
Tendril :: Tendril (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..
Cling :: Cling (v. i.) To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially by twining round or embracing; as, the tendril of a vine clings to its support; -- usually followed by to or together..
Tendriled :: Tendriled (a.) Alt. of Tendrille.
Petiolary :: Petiolary (a.) Of or pertaining to petiole, or proceeding from it; as, a petiolar tendril; growing or supported upon a petiole; as, a petiolar gland; a petiolar bud..
Cirrus :: Cirrus (n.) A tendril or clasper.
Leaf :: Leaf (n.) A special organ of vegetation in the form of a lateral outgrowth from the stem, whether appearing as a part of the foliage, or as a cotyledon, a scale, a bract, a spine, or a tendril..
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