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.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • 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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