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tendril-climbing

tendril-climbing

7.9
A plant that climbs by coiling thin, curling parts around a support
  • adjective
translation icon : trepador con zarcillos
  • Many peas and sweet peas are tendril-climbing plants with slender, curling structures.

Examples

  • The tendril-climbing habit allows these vines to grow vertically without strong stems.

  • Botanists observed that the tendril-climbing species adapted well to the trellis system.

  • The tendril-climbing plant wrapped itself around the trellis.

  • Have you seen the tendril-climbing vines in the garden?

  • The garden was filled with beautiful, tendril-climbing plants that wrapped around the trellis.

  • Tendril-climbing vines are perfect for creating green walls and adding vertical interest to your garden.

  • In the wild, many tendril-climbing species can be found climbing trees and other structures for sunlight.

Surface Forms

tendril-climbing positive

Morphology

tendril-climbing = tendril + climbing (transparent) = tendril + climb + ing

Clearly formed from 'tendril' + 'climbing' (noun + present participle), so a learner knowing those parts can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Tendril-climbing starts with tendril, the name for a plant's thin, curling shoot that comes from an old word meaning 'to stretch' (think of tendon), and ends with climbing, meaning 'going up'. So tendril-climbing describes plants that reach out with little 'stretching' arms that coil around a support to grow upward.