tendril

noun

A twisting, slender structure by which a plant, such as a grape or cucumber, twines around and often climbs an object or another plant.

noun

Something, such as a ringlet of hair, that is long, slender, and curling.

noun

In botany, a filiform leafless plant-organ that attaches itself to another body for the purpose of support.

Climbing as a tendril, or as by a tendril.

noun

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.

adjective

Clasping; climbing as a tendril.

noun

A thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support.

noun

A hair-like tentacle.

noun

slender stem-like structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for support