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tendril

ten.dril or ten.drilled \'ten-dr*l\ \-dr*ld\ \-dr*-le-\ \-dr*-l*s\ n [perh. 
   modif. of MF tendron, alter. of tendon, lit., tendon, fr. ML] tendon-, 
   tendo 1: a leaf, stipule, or stem modified into a slender spirally coiling 
   sensit ive organ serving to attach a plant to its support 2: something 
   resembling a tendril  - ten.driled aj