tendril
Having the shape or properties of a tendrilHaving the shape or properties of a tendril; thin and coiling; entwining.
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» The alien organism was covered in tendrils.
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1 senses(not comparable)Having the shape or properties of a tendril; thin and coiling; entwining.
Examples
6 sentencesThe alien organism was covered in tendrils.
How beautiful your face among tendrils, your neck among necklaces!
Tendrils from the plant are slowly wrapping themselves around the fence.
deDie Ranken der Pflanze wickeln sich langsam um den Zaun. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Ivy has tendrils.
A shifting mass of black tendrils rose from the crater to occlude the stars, as if the sky itself were being erased.
Origin
From Middle French tendrillon (“bud, shoot, cartilage”), perhaps a diminutive of tendron (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)).
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