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tendril

noun as in curl of hair or plant

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Their tendrils, which usually move in all directions as they slowly feel their way through their surroundings to find supporting structures to grow on, stopped searching and started to spiral on the spot.

They could have admired the ruby tendrils of Plagiomnium insigne, or gazed upon the tiny beards of Racomitrium canescens.

Herndon’s point is specifically that Juneteenth emerged at a moment when discussion of the tendrils of slavery is being curtailed.

Of course, it will take more than a few lectures to address centuries-old disparities in medical care, particularly because systemic racism has so many tendrils.

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In further analyses, the team found layers of tissue wrapped around tendrils in the brain tissue.

One woman is focused intently on wrapping and unwrapping a tendril of hair around her finger.

The palpi of the male are in this species each provided with a spiral screw resembling the tendril of a vine.

At last he freed himself from the vine, but a tendril still clung to his horns like a crown of green.

For answer, Menotah snatched a long tendril of bright green from a neighbouring bush.

Something of this farm struck a tendril into my heart which neither time nor distance could break.

But there was something odd—Dalgard brushed aside a tendril of weed which cut his line of vision and so was able to see clearly.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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