tendril
n . 卷须,蔓,卷须状之物
卷须,蔓,卷须状之物
tendril n 1 :
slender stem -
like structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for support 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 .
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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 .
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Tendril \
Ten "
dril \,
a .
Clasping ;
climbing as a tendril . [
R .] --
Dyer .
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Tendriled 86 Moby Thesaurus words for "
tendril ":
animal fiber ,
appendage ,
arm ,
artificial fiber ,
bine ,
bough ,
branch ,
branchedness ,
branchiness ,
burgeon ,
capillament ,
cilium ,
cirrus ,
cobweb ,
coil ,
corkscrew ,
curl ,
curlicue ,
deadwood ,
denier ,
evolute ,
fiber ,
fibrilla ,
filament ,
filamentule ,
flagellum ,
fork ,
frond ,
gossamer ,
gyre ,
hair ,
hand ,
hank ,
helix ,
imp ,
involute ,
joint ,
kink ,
leg ,
limb ,
link ,
lobe ,
lobule ,
member ,
offshoot ,
organ ,
pinion ,
ramage ,
ramification ,
ringlet ,
roll ,
runner ,
sarment ,
scion ,
screw ,
scroll ,
shoot ,
skein ,
slip ,
spear ,
spiral ,
spray ,
sprig ,
sprit ,
sprout ,
spur ,
stolon ,
strand ,
sucker ,
suture ,
swirl ,
switch ,
tail ,
thallus ,
thread ,
threadlet ,
twig ,
twirl ,
twist ,
volute ,
volution ,
vortex ,
web ,
whirl ,
whorl ,
wing
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