tendrils
Climbing plant feelers
Tendrils are the thin, curling growths that climbing plants use to attach themselves to surfaces or other plants: The vine's tendrils wrapped around the trellis.
By extension, anything thin and curling may be called a tendril—wisps of smoke, stray locks of hair: Tendrils of fog crept through the valley.
Evergreen climbing plant
- grapevineInformal gossip network
- wisteriaWoody climbing plant, fragrant
- clematisClimbing ornamental flowering vine
- honeysuckleFragrant twining flowering vine
jasmine · passionflower · pea · cucumber · kiwifruit · bittersweet · creeper · runner
Hold tightly to
- gripSecure manual hold
- clutchMechanism linking engine to gearbox
- claspSecuring device that clicks
- entwineWind around each other
wrap · hold · latch · catch · encircle · entangle · anchor · attach
Curve winding around center
- coilWound circular arrangement
- twistRotating motion or surprise
- loopCurve closing on itself
- whorlSpiral arrangement of ridges
helix · swirl · ringlet · corkscrew · curlicue · winding · scroll · furl
Thin and insubstantial
- filamentVery thin thread
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- fineAcceptable in quality
- thinSmall in diameter
thread · gossamer · feathery · airy · fragile · hairlike · threadlike · spindly
Power to affect others
- reachExtend to touch
- spreadTo distribute widely
- creepingMoving slowly, stealthily
- insidiousSubtly destructive over time
sprawl · network · infiltration · corruption · control · pervasive · encroaching · insinuating
ivy
Evergreen climbing plant
- grapevineInformal gossip network
- wisteriaWoody climbing plant, fragrant
- clematisClimbing ornamental flowering vine
honeysuckle · jasmine · passionflower · pea · cucumber · kiwifruit · bittersweet · creeper · runner · climber
cling
Hold tightly to
entwine · wrap · hold · latch · catch · encircle · entangle · anchor · attach · secure
spiral
Curve winding around center
whorl · helix · swirl · ringlet · corkscrew · curlicue · winding · scroll · furl · undulate
wispy
Thin and insubstantial
thin · thread · gossamer · feathery · airy · fragile · hairlike · threadlike · spindly · lacy
influence
Power to affect others
insidious · sprawl · network · infiltration · corruption · control · pervasive · encroaching · insinuating · extending
shoots
Fires or photographs
sprouting · emerging · reaching · extending · probing · questing · nascent · young · new · developing
- curvescurve, arc, curves, curls, curl
- plant growthbloom, bud, buds, flower, fruit
- things that clingvelcro, sticky, adhesive, tape, glue
- cosmologybig bang, Big Bang, big bang theory, universe, dark matter
- decorative motifsscrolls, flourishes, swirls, spirals, curls
- plant adaptationsdrought tolerance, water storage, deep roots, spines, thorns