TENDRIL
\tˈɛndɹə͡l], \tˈɛndɹəl], \t_ˈɛ_n_d_ɹ_əl]\
Definitions of TENDRIL
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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Clasping; climbing as a tendril.
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A slende: twining shoot, by which a plant attaches itself to something for support.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Clasping; climbing as a tendril.
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The twisting-claws of a climbing plant by which it attaches itself to an object for support.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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