Tendrilous
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Tendril-like.
"The long, curling, tendrilous appendages speedily affix themselves to sea-weeds, or other appropriate substances, and from their form and consistence anchor the egg firmly."
- 2 Having many tendrils.
"These frightful precipices were partially concealed from us by a treacherous growth of under-brush, sea-side grape, with tendrilous and parasitical plants pendant from the loftier trees, as at intervals there shot up a gru-gru, or a gree-gree, another variety of the palm tribe."
Example
More examples"The long, curling, tendrilous appendages speedily affix themselves to sea-weeds, or other appropriate substances, and from their form and consistence anchor the egg firmly."
Etymology
From tendril + -ous.
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