[つる, tsuru] (n) (uk) shoots which grow in a helix around a support and climb with tendrils or suckers as opposed to vines; esp. hops, bindweed, runner bean, French bean and honeysuckles [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Tendril \Ten"dril\, a.
Clasping; climbing as a tendril. [R.] --Dyer.
[1913 Webster] Tendriled
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tendril
n 1: slender stem-like structure by which some twining plants
attach themselves to an object for support
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