'Tendril' definitions:
Definition of 'tendril'
(from WordNet)
noun
Slender stem-like structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for support
Definition of 'Tendril'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tendril'
From: GCIDE
- Tendril \Ten"dril\, a. Clasping; climbing as a tendril. [R.] --Dyer. [1913 Webster] Tendriled
Synonyms of 'tendril'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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