- tendril-climbing
- adjectiveof or relating to plants that climb by means of tendrils• Pertains to noun: ↑tendril
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Tendril — Ten dril, a. Clasping; climbing as a tendril. [R.] Dyer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tendril — ► NOUN 1) a slender thread like appendage of a climbing plant, which stretches out and twines round any suitable support. 2) a slender ringlet of hair. ORIGIN probably from Old French tendron young shoot , from Latin tener tender … English terms dictionary
tendril — [ten′drəl] n. [earlier tendrell, prob. altered < ME tendron, young tender shoot < OFr tendrum, ult. < L tener,TENDER1] 1. a threadlike part of a climbing plant, often in a spiral form, supporting it by clinging to or coiling around an… … English World dictionary
tendril fibers — climbing f s … Medical dictionary
Tendril — In botany, a tendril is a specialized stem, leaf or petiole with a threadlike shape that is used by climbing plants for support and attachment, generally by twining around whatever it touches. History The earliest and most comprehensive study of… … Wikipedia
tendril — tendrillar, tendrilous, adj. tendrilly, adj. /ten dril/, n. Bot. a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant. [1530 40;… … Universalium
tendril — ten|dril [ˈtendrıl] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from Old French tendron, from tendon tendon, tendril , from Medieval Latin tendo; TENDON] 1.) a thin leafless curling stem by which a climbing plant fastens itself to a support 2.) literary… … Dictionary of contemporary English
tendril — noun Etymology: probably modification of Middle French tendron bud, cartilage, alteration of Old French tenrum, from Vulgar Latin *tenerumen, from Latin tener tender more at tender Date: 1538 1. a leaf, stipule, or stem modified into a slender… … New Collegiate Dictionary
climbing fibers — clinging fibers afferent fibers arising in part from the middle cerebellar peduncle and passing through the granular layer of the cerebellar cortex to terminate on Purkinje cell dendrites. Called also tendril f s. Cf. mossy f s … Medical dictionary
tendril — ten·dril || tendrɪl n. threadlike and clinging part of a climbing plant (Botany) … English contemporary dictionary
