English-Thai Dictionary

tendril

N ยอด ไม้เลื้อย  กิ่งก้าน เลื้อย  fiber filament yod-mai-luai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TENDRIL

n.A clasp or clasper of a vine or other climbing or creeping plant; a filiform spiral shoot, that winds round another body. Tendrils or claspers are given to plants that have weak stalks. They are also given to creeping vines, which require support on the earth.

 

TENDRIL

a.Clasping; climbing; as a tendril.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TENDRIL

Ten "dril, n. Etym: [Shortened fr. OF. tendrillon, fr. F. tendre tender; hence, properly, the tender branch or spring of a plant: cf. F. tendrille. See Tender, a., and cf. Tendron. ] (Bot. )

 

Defn: A slender, leafless portion of a plant by which it becomes attached to a supporting body, after which the tendril usually contracts by coiling spirally.

 

Note: Tendrils may represent the end of a stem, as in the grapevine; an axillary branch, as in the passion flower; stipules, as in the genus Smilax; or the end of a leaf, as in the pea.

 

TENDRIL

TENDRIL Ten "dril, a.

 

Defn: Clasping; climbing as a tendril. [R.] Dyer.

 

TENDRILED; TENDRILLED

TENDRILED; TENDRILLED Ten "driled, Ten "drilled, a. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Furnished with tendrils, or with such or so many, tendrils. "The thousand tendriled vine. " Southey.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

tendril

ten dril |ˈtendrəl ˈtɛndrəl | ▶noun a slender threadlike appendage of a climbing plant, often growing in a spiral form, that stretches out and twines around any suitable support. • something resembling a plant tendril, esp. a slender curl or ringlet of hair. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: probably a diminutive of Old French tendron ‘young shoot, ’ from Latin tener ‘tender. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

tendril

ten |dril |ˈtɛndrɪl | ▶noun a slender thread-like appendage of a climbing plant, often growing in a spiral form, which stretches out and twines round any suitable support. • something resembling a plant tendril, especially a slender curl or ringlet of hair. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: probably a diminutive of Old French tendron ‘young shoot ’, from Latin tener ‘tender ’.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

tendril

ten dril /téndr (ə )l /名詞 C 1 〘植 〙巻きひげ, つる .2 巻きひげ状のもの ; (特に )巻き毛 .