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Definition of: tendril
(ten′dril) noun Bot.
One of the slender, leafless, coiling organs which serve a climbing plant as a means of attachment to a wall, tree trunk, or other supporting surface. [<F tendrillon, dim. of tendron sprout <tendre tender; infl. in meaning by F tendre stretch]
—ten′dril·lar, ten′dril·ous adjective
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