tendril

Meanings

1. A thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support.
2. A hair-like tentacle.
3. Anything shaped like a tendril or coil.

1. Having the shape or properties of a tendril; thin and coiling; entwining.

Etymology

From Middle French tendrillon (“bud, shoot, cartilage”), perhaps a diminutive of tendron (“cartilage”), from Old French tendre (“soft”) (see tender (adjective)), or else from Latin tendere (“to stretch, extend”) (see tender (verb)).