a thin, curly stem that grows from a climbing plant. A plant uses tendrils to attach itself to a wall or other support. （攀缘植物的）卷须 - (literary)
a thin, curly piece of something such as hair 卷须状物（如鬈发） Her hair hung in tendrils about her face. 她的头发在脸上盘成卷须状。
Word Originmid 16th cent.: probably a diminutive of Old French tendron ‘young shoot’, from Latin tener ‘tender’.