tendril
noun/ˈtendrəl/
/ˈtendrəl/
- a thin, curly stem that grows from a climbing plant. A plant uses tendrils to attach itself to a wall or other support.
- (literary) a thin, curly piece of something such as hair
- Her hair hung in tendrils about her face.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: probably a diminutive of Old French tendron ‘young shoot’, from Latin tener ‘tender’.
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