transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈten-drəl ]
noun
Etymology: probably modification of Middle French tendron bud, cartilage, alteration of Old French tenrum, from Vulgar Latin * tenerumen, from Latin tener tender — more at tender
Date: 1538
1. : a leaf, stipule, or stem modified into a slender spirally coiling sensitive organ serving to attach a climbing plant to its support
2. : something suggestive of a tendril
hair hanging in tendril s
creeping tendril s of fog
• ten·driled or ten·drilled -drəld adjective
• ten·dril·ous -drə-ləs adjective
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tendril 1
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