Synonyms for tendrils
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ten-dril |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛn drɪl |
Définition of tendrils
Origin :- 1530s, from Middle French tendrillon "bud, shoot, cartilage," perhaps a diminutive of tendron "cartilage," from Old French tendre "soft" (see tender (adj.)), or else from Latin tendere "to stretch, extend" (see tender (v.)).
- noun curl of hair or plant
- Put four pounds of pure honey into a still, with twelve handfuls of the tendrils of vines, and the same quantity of rosemary tops.
- Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
- And she touched her forehead, where tendrils of fair hair were blowing in the breeze.
- Extract from : « The Burning Spear » by John Galsworthy
- Canes numerous, with some bloom at the nodes; tendrils intermittent.
- Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick
- Canes thick, light to dark brown; tendrils continuous, bifid.
- Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick
- They are climbing or running plants, and provided with tendrils.
- Extract from : « Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany » by Douglas Houghton Campbell
- Supposing all danger to have passed, the Hart began to nibble the tendrils of the Vine.
- Extract from : « Aesop's Fables » by Aesop
- The tendrils have some sense, for they do not grasp each other when young.
- Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume II (of II) » by Charles Darwin
- Knowledge is like the root of a tree, attaching man by its tendrils to the life about him.
- Extract from : « The Hero » by William Somerset Maugham
- Stem slender, creeping, and furnished with tendrils, or claspers.
- Extract from : « The Field and Garden Vegetables of America » by Fearing Burr
- The thing was aware of movement when Jason brushed its tendrils.
- Extract from : « Deathworld » by Harry Harrison
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