D defs.my
Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Tendril

· Ten·dril · IPA /ˈtɛn.dɹəl/
01 n. A slender, leafless portion of a plant by which it becomes attached to a supporting body, after which the tendril usually contracts by coil…
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    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.(Bot.)
02 a. Clasping; climbing as a tendril.
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    Clasping; climbing as a tendril.[R.]