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Tendril — est un super vilain créé par Marvel Comics. Il est apparu pour la première fois dans Spider Man: the final adventure #1, en 1995. Origine River Verys était le fils de hippies. Sa mère se suicida quand il eut deux ans, et il fut placé dans une… … Wikipédia en Français
Tendril — Ten dril, n. [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.) A slender, leafless portion of a plant by which it becomes… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tendril — Ten dril, a. Clasping; climbing as a tendril. [R.] Dyer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tendril — 1530s, from M.Fr. tendrillon bud, shoot, cartilage, perhaps a dim. of tendron cartilage, from O.Fr. tendre soft (see TENDER (Cf. tender) (adj.)), or else from L. tendere to stretch, extend (see TENDER (Cf. tender) (v.)) … Etymology dictionary
tendril — ► NOUN 1) a slender thread like appendage of a climbing plant, which stretches out and twines round any suitable support. 2) a slender ringlet of hair. ORIGIN probably from Old French tendron young shoot , from Latin tener tender … English terms dictionary
tendril — [ten′drəl] n. [earlier tendrell, prob. altered < ME tendron, young tender shoot < OFr tendrum, ult. < L tener,TENDER1] 1. a threadlike part of a climbing plant, often in a spiral form, supporting it by clinging to or coiling around an… … English World dictionary
tendril — tendrillar, tendrilous, adj. tendrilly, adj. /ten dril/, n. Bot. a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant. [1530 40;… … Universalium
Tendril — In botany, a tendril is a specialized stem, leaf or petiole with a threadlike shape that is used by climbing plants for support and attachment, generally by twining around whatever it touches. History The earliest and most comprehensive study of… … Wikipedia
tendril — Anything useless that is kept for no particular reason. A packrat saves tendril; something most people would throw away that is kept. Barnaby s apartment is full of tendril. Dave needs to throw away that stack of newspaper and all the other… … Dictionary of american slang
tendril — Anything useless that is kept for no particular reason. A packrat saves tendril; something most people would throw away that is kept. Barnaby s apartment is full of tendril. Dave needs to throw away that stack of newspaper and all the other… … Dictionary of american slang
tendril — ten|dril [ˈtendrıl] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from Old French tendron, from tendon tendon, tendril , from Medieval Latin tendo; TENDON] 1.) a thin leafless curling stem by which a climbing plant fastens itself to a support 2.) literary… … Dictionary of contemporary English
