Definition of Tendrils. Meaning of Tendrils. Synonyms of Tendrils

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Definition of Tendrils

Tendril
Tendril Ten"dril, a. Clasping; climbing as a tendril. [R.] --Dyer.
Tendril
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. 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.

Meaning of Tendrils from wikipedia

- There are many plants that have tendrils; including sweet peas, p****ionflower, grapes and the Chilean glory-flower. Tendrils respond to touch and to chemical...
- seen in helical plant tendrils and telephone handset cords. The phenomenon was known to Charles Darwin, who wrote in 1865, A tendril ... invariably becomes...
- Tendrils was an irregular collaboration between two Australian guitarists, Joel Silbersher of Hoss and Charlie Owen of Beasts of Bourbon. Tendrils' music...
- The Tendrils of the Vine (French: Les Vrilles de la vigne) is a collection of 20 novellas by Colette, published in 1908. The first story, Les Vrilles de...
- species) using tendrils, which can be specialized shoots (Vitaceae), leaves (Bignoniaceae), or even inflorescences (P****iflora) using tendrils which also...
- tuning. Some songs used more unorthodox tunings: "Superunknown" and "Fresh Tendrils" are in DGDGBe tuning; "Like Suicide" is performed in a similar DGDGBC...
- touch stimulus. Thigmotropism is typically found in twining plants and tendrils, however plant biologists have also found thigmotropic responses in flowering...
- They are called tendrils. These may develop from either the axillary bud or the terminal bud of the stem. In P****iflora, the tendrils develop from the...
- in two tapered "tendrils", often extending past the jawline. An expansion of the Fu Manchu sometimes includes a third long "tendril" descending from...
- with snake-legs, below which are griffin heads and vegetal tendrils, as well as tendrils above the kalathos hat she wears; this fore-piece was accompanied...