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Definition of Tendril

1. Noun. Slender stem-like structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for support.

Definition of Tendril

1. n. 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. a. Clasping; climbing as a tendril.

Definition of Tendril

1. Noun. (botany) A thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support. ¹

2. Noun. (zoology) A hair-like tentacle. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tendril

1. a leafless organ of climbing plants [n -S]

Medical Definition of Tendril

1. A slender climbing organ formed by modification of a part of a plant, such as a stem, a leaf or leaflet, or a stipule. (13 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tendril

Literary usage of Tendril

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Leaf-tendril, a tendril consisting of a modified leaf or part of a leaf — in the latter case ... Climbing as a tendril, or as by a tendril. tendresse t, n. ..."

2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1846)
"Every one who has watched the growth и the tendril of the vine, ... A small weight was then attached to the string, and the tendril immediately began to ..."

3. Text-book of Botany, Morphological and Physiological by Julius Sachs (1882)
"the question arises whether the difference in growth of the two surfaces of the tendril can reach to any given amount or not. The difference in length ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"As a rule, when iu its most sensitive condition the tendril is actively cir- ... When contact takes place the tendril begins to curve round the support. ..."

5. Eye Spy: Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things by William Hamilton Gibson (1897)
"Then there is that inverted or very " dry " crescent moon in western twilight skies; and how seldom do we see the beautiful law of the twining tendril ..."

6. Eye Spy: Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things by William Hamilton Gibson (1897)
"Then there is that inverted or very " dry " crescent moon in western twilight skies; and how seldom do we see the beautiful law of the twining tendril ..."

7. Lectures on Plant Physiology by Ludwig Jost (1907)
"The growth which now takes place is very conspicuous, for the whole tendril, under suitable conditions, may elongate from 50 per cent, to 90 per cent, ..."

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