tendril

English translation: twisting structure

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English term or phrase:tendril
Selected answer:twisting structure
Entered by: Kim Metzger

23:29 Jan 22, 2006
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Science - Botany
English term or phrase: tendril
part of vine
Gabriel Olague
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Explanation:
Tendril -- A long, slender, generally twisting structure from which a climbing plant acquires its support.
http://www.geog.ubc.ca/~brian/florae/ifbc_glossary.html#T

Tendril A climbing organ metamorphosed from a leaf, stipule or stem.

http://dodge.unl.edu/HPGlossary/GlossaryT.htm
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4 +6definitions
Kim Metzger
4 +2tendril ---> zarcillo, tijereta, vitícula (in Spanish)
Oso (X)
5A long thin bit of a climbing plant that hopes to twist itself around a support.
Mike Delta


  

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definitions


Explanation:
Tendril -- A long, slender, generally twisting structure from which a climbing plant acquires its support.
http://www.geog.ubc.ca/~brian/florae/ifbc_glossary.html#T

Tendril A climbing organ metamorphosed from a leaf, stipule or stem.

http://dodge.unl.edu/HPGlossary/GlossaryT.htm


Kim Metzger
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agree  paolamonaco: Also: a twisting, threadlike structure by which a twining plant, such as a grape or cucumber, grasps an object or a plant for support. http://www.answers.com/tendril
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agree  Alexandra Tussing
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agree  Seema Ugrankar
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agree  Suzanne Blangsted (X)
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agree  Can Altinbay
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agree  Alfa Trans (X)
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tendril ---> zarcillo, tijereta, vitícula (in Spanish)


Explanation:
Hello Gabriel,
Since you're requesting explanations in Spanish. You probably wanted the translation.
Good luck from Oso ¶:^)

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\"tendril   
Related: Botany
slender, sensitive structure of many climbing plants that by a response to contact (see auxin ) supports the plant. Tendrils are modified stems, leaves, or leaf parts or roots. Most young tendrils revolve slowly in their natural growth, as do the growing tips of roots and shoots; the tendrils of different plant varieties may have a consistent tendency to clockwise or to counterclockwise spiraling. The most common kind of tendril (pea, grape) coils around a slender support and then contracts spirally, becoming springy and drawing the plant to the support. The disk-tipped tendril (Virginia creeper, Boston ivy) adheres firmly to brick, stone, or wood, after which it too contracts. For other means of climbing in plants, see climbing plant.\"
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/t1/tendril.asp

tendril s. zarcillo, tijereta, vitícula
Simon & Schuster\'s International Dictionary©

tijereta.
(Del dim. p. us. de tijera).
1. f. Cada uno de los zarcillos que por pares nacen a trechos en los sarmientos de las vides.
DRAE©

zarcillo.
3. m. Bot. Cada uno de los órganos largos, delgados y volubles que tienen ciertas plantas y que sirven a estas para asirse a tallos u otros objetos próximos. Pueden ser de naturaleza caulinar, como en la vid, o foliácea, como en la calabacera y en el guisante.
DRAE©



Oso (X)
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Chmelarova
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  -> Thanks, M.Ch.! ¶:^)

agree  Robert Donahue (X)
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  -> Thanks, Robert ¶:^)
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A long thin bit of a climbing plant that hopes to twist itself around a support.


Explanation:
From Latin - tender.

Can also be a few bits of hair that lie together.



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