имя существительное 1) [ботаника] усик 2) завиток (волос) Например: The glossy tendrils of his raven hair. — Блестящие завитки его чёрных волос.
noun Etymology: probably modification of Middle French tendron bud, cartilage, alteration of Old French tenrum, from Vulgar Latin *tenerumen, from Latin tener tender — more at tender 1. a leaf, stipule, or stem modified into a slender spirally coiling sensitive organ serving to attach a climbing plant to its support 2. something suggestive of a tendril Example: hair hanging in tendrils Example: creeping tendrils of fog • tendriled or tendrilled adjective • tendrilous adjective