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Tendril
tendril
(tendrils) 1. A tendril is something light and thin, for example a piece of hair which hangs loose and is away from the main part. Tendrils of hair strayed to the edge of her pillow. N-COUNT 2. Tendrils are thin stems which grow on some plants so that they can attach themselves to supports such as walls or other plants. N-COUNT: usu pl
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noun Etymology: probably modification of Middle French tendron bud, cartilage, alteration of Old French tenrum, from Vulgar Latin *tenerumen, from Latin tener tender — more at tender Date: 1538 1. a leaf, stipule, or stem modified into a slender spirally coiling sensitive organ serving to attach a climbing plant to its support 2. something suggestive of a ~ hair hanging in ~s creeping ~s of fog • ~ed or ~led adjective • ~ous adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 each of the slender leafless shoots by which some climbing plants cling for support. 2 a slender curl of hair etc. Etymology: prob. f. obs. F tendrillon dimin. of obs. tendron young shoot ult. f. L tener TENDER(1) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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бот. усик, усикообразный придаток; плодоножка (арбуза) – jointed tendril – leaf tendril ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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~ n 1 a thin leafless curling stem by which a climbing plant fastens itself to a support 2 a thin curling piece of hair (Ralph pushed the damp tendrils of hair out of his eyes.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1538, from M.Fr. tendrillon "bud, shoot, cartilage," dim. of tendron "cartilage," from O.Fr. tendre "soft" (see tender (1)). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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