ten‧dril /ˈtendrəl, ˈtendrɪl/
noun [countable][
Date: 1500-1600;
Origin: Perhaps from Old French tendron, from tendon 'tendon, tendril', from Medieval Latin tendo; ⇒ tendon]
1. a thin leafless curling stem by which a climbing plant fastens itself to a support
2. literary a thin curling piece of hair
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