Definitions
slender stem-like structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for support
Word origin
From Middle French tendrillon (“bud, shoot, cartilage”), perhaps a diminutive of tendron (“cartilage”), from Old French tendre (“soft”) (see tender (adjective)), or else from Latin tendere (“to stretch, extend”) (see tender (verb)).
Used in a sentence
“The Gourd, / And thirſty Cucumer, vvhen they perceive / Th' approaching Olive, vvith Reſentment fly / Her fatty Fibres, and vvith Tendrils creep / Diverſe, deteſting Contact; […]”
“Her blond hair was tied into a half up, half down style with face-framing tendrils.”
“Kissing the tendril fingers - at first because Mina, its mother, did not - but later with a rapture begot by its breath on her breast.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Clinging plant coil”7 letters
02“Climbing plant coil”7 letters
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