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 tendril ['tendril]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 卷须, 卷须状物



    tendril
    [ noun ]
    slender stem-like structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for support
    <noun.plant>


    Tendril \Ten"dril\, n. [Shortened fr. OF. tendrillon, fr. F.
    tendre tender; hence, properly, the tender branch or spring
    of a plant: cf. F. tendrille. See {Tender}, a., and cf.
    {Tendron}.] (Bot.)
    A slender, leafless portion of a plant by which it becomes
    attached to a supporting body, after which the tendril
    usually contracts by coiling spirally.

    Note: Tendrils may represent the end of a stem, as in the
    grapevine; an axillary branch, as in the passion
    flower; stipules, as in the genus Smilax; or the end of
    a leaf, as in the pea.


    Tendril \Ten"dril\, a.
    Clasping; climbing as a tendril. [R.] --Dyer.

    1. Stretched along the wall above was six yards of ash and hazel, with a tendril of horsehair attached to the narrow end. 'Dost thou', I began, then corrected myself.
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