1 a thin curling stem that grows from a climbing plant. A plant uses tendrils to attach itself to a wall or other support.
2 (literary) a thin curling piece of sth such as hair:
Her hair hung in tendrils about her face.
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Is tendril a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, tendril is tagged as noun.
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