tendril

🇺🇸 /ˈtendrəl/ 🇬🇧 /ˈtendrəl/
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noun
R

A thin, flexible part that grows from a climbing plant, which helps the plant attach to a surface.

The ivy used its tendrils to climb up the brick wall.

R

A thin, curly strand of something, like hair.

Her hair hung in tendrils around her face.

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n. A thin, flexible part that grows from a climbing plant, which helps the plant attach to a surface.; A thin, curly strand of something, like hair.

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Plural tendrils