1. a thin, coiling part of a climbing plant that attaches to surfaces for support
Usage: botany
2. a thin, curling strand or wisp of something

Examples

• The grape vine’s tendrils wrapped around the wooden trellis.
• Pea plants use their tendrils to climb up garden stakes.
• Tendrils of smoke rose from the campfire.
• Her hair fell in delicate tendrils around her face.
• The morning glory’s tendrils searched for something to grasp.
• Tendrils of fog drifted across the lake.
• The cucumber plant extended its tendrils toward the fence.