Definition of tendril

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Tendril (a.) Clasping; climbing as a tendril.

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Pampiniform :: Pampiniform (a.) In the form of tendrils; -- applied especially to the spermatic and ovarian veins.
Tendriled :: Tendriled (a.) Alt. of Tendrille.
Fulcrum :: Fulcrum (n.) An accessory organ such as a tendril, stipule, spine, and the like..
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..
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..
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..
Vignette :: Vignette (n.) A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture..
Capreolate :: Capreolate (a.) Having a tendril or tendrils.
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)..
Cirriform :: Cirriform (a.) Formed like a cirrus or tendril; -- said of appendages of both animals and plants.
Cirrose :: Cirrose (a.) Resembling a tendril or cirrus.
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..
Amplectant :: Amplectant (a.) Clasping a support; as, amplectant 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..
Creeping :: Creeping (a.) Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils..
Tendril :: Tendril (a.) Clasping; climbing as a tendril.
Tendron :: Tendron (n.) A tendril.
Clasper :: Clasper (n.) One who, or that which, clasps, as 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..
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