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/ˈtɛn.dɹəl/ · noun
(botany) A thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support..
The Gourd, / And thirſty Cucumer, vvhen they perceive / Th' approaching Olive, vvith Reſentment fly / Her fatty Fibres, and vvith Tendrils creep / Diverſe, deteſting Contact; […]
Her blond hair was tied into a half up, half down style with face-framing tendrils.
Kissing the tendril fingers - at first because Mina, its mother, did not - but later with a rapture begot by its breath on her breast.
Use tendril when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Tendril means (botany) A thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support..
Common synonyms include cirrus.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The Gourd, / And thirſty Cucumer, vvhen they perceive / Th' approaching Olive, vvith Reſentment fly / Her fatty Fibres, and vvith Tendrils creep / Diverſe, deteſting Contact; […]
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