Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, provided with tendrils.
- In anatomy, resembling tendrils: applied to the spermatic vessels, or vasa capreolaria, from their twisted appearance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Having a tendril or tendrils.
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- adjective botany Having a
tendril or tendrils.
Etymologies
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Latin capreolus wild goat, tendril, fromcaper goat: compare French capréolé.
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