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| ten·dril [ téndril ] (plural ten·drils) |
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1. thin plant part attached to support: a modified stem, leaf, or other part of a climbing plant, usually in the form of a thread, that coils around and attaches the plant to supporting objects
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2. delicate twist or coil: a slim, wispy, curling, or winding piece of something, especially hair
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| [Mid-16th century. < Middle French tendrillon "little shoot, little cartilage" < tendron "shoot, cartilage" < Old French tendre (see tender1)] |
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