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tendril

tendril

A slender plant structure that coils around a support to help the plant climb.

General climbing-plant morphology

All languages

English
tendril
Norwegian
slyngtråd
Japanese
巻きひげ — まきひげ — makihige
Korean
덩굴손 — deonggulson
Spanish
zarcillo
French
vrille
German
Ranke

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