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Creeper :: Creeper (n.) A plant that clings by rootlets, or by tendrils, to the ground, or to trees, etc.; as, the Virginia creeper (Ampelopsis quinquefolia)..

Tendriled :: Tendriled (a.) Alt. of Tendrille.

Amputate :: Amputate (v. t.) To prune or lop off, as branches or tendrils..

Amplectant :: Amplectant (a.) Clasping a support; as, amplectant tendrils..

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..

Creep :: Creep (v. t.) To grow, as a vine, clinging to the ground or to some other support by means of roots or rootlets, or by tendrils, along its length..

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..

Tendron :: Tendron (n.) A tendril.

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..

Vignette :: Vignette (n.) A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position; hence, by extension, any small picture in a book; hence, also, as such pictures are often without a definite bounding line, any picture, as an engraving, a photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge..

Cirrose :: Cirrose (a.) Bearing a tendril or tendrils; as, a cirrose leaf..

Tendrilled :: Tendrilled (a.) Furnished with tendrils, or with such or so many, tendrils..

Peduncular :: Peduncular (a.) Of or pertaining to a peduncle; growing from a peduncle; as, a peduncular tendril..

Creeping :: Creeping (a.) Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils..

Nepenthes :: Nepenthes (n.) A genus of climbing plants found in India, Malaya, etc., which have the leaves prolonged into a kind of stout tendril terminating in a pitcherlike appendage, whence the plants are often called pitcher plants and monkey-cups. There are about thirty species, of which the best known is Nepenthes distillatoria. See Pitcher plant..

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..

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..

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..

Pampiniform :: Pampiniform (a.) In the form of tendrils; -- applied especially to the spermatic and ovarian veins.

Cirriform :: Cirriform (a.) Formed like a cirrus or tendril; -- said of appendages of both animals and plants.

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