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How to pronounce tendril in English?

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Type Words
Type of plant part, plant structure
Has types cirrhus, cirrus

Examples of tendril

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The tendril-climbers send out filaments that wrap around objects they contact.
From the dallasnews.com
Tendril climbers can be trained on wires but mostly will provide inadequate cover.
From the smh.com.au
It appears that a tendril of oil is reaching out toward the tip of the delta.
From the kansas.com
Tendril-like light tubes hang from the ceiling and change colors as the time switches.
From the timesunion.com
The lid is Soviet red, with a tendril design etched into its magnesium-aluminum cover.
From the usatoday.com
Tendril is working with Reliant Energy on a smart-grid project in Houston, Tuck said.
From the denverpost.com
The purple vessel is covered by a lid featuring a bone and tendril finial.
From the denverpost.com
Whether by one telephonic tendril or millions, they are all connected to one another.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A wooden tendril will be connected to the tunnel and come down to snake around the tree.
From the kentucky.com
More examples
  • Slender stem-like structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for support
  • In botany, a tendril is a specialized stem, leaf or petiole with a threadlike shape that is used by climbing plants for support and attachment, generally by twining around whatever it touches. They do not have a lamina or blade, but they can photosynthesize. ...
  • Tendrils is an irregular collaboration between noted Australian guitarists, Joel Silbersher and Charlie Owen. A difficult sound to describe, Tendrils features two seemingly chaotic but strangely melodic and complementary, guitar parts and occasionally stripped back percussion.
  • A thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support; A hair-like tentacle
  • (Tendrils) A modified leaf structure that occurs on climbing plants such as vines.
  • A thread-like stem or leaf which clings to any nearby support.
  • A thin, curling stem-like growth produced on stems and leaf stalks that twines around supports, enabling the plants such as sweet peas to climb.
  • A slender, coiling modified leaf or leaf part. These help plants climb.
  • A long slender, coiled organ derived from an axis or leaf, or from part of one of these.