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A plant's slow-motion grappling hook, reaching for something to hold.

means A slender, curling thread a climbing plant uses to grab onto supports and pull itself upward.

from From French tendron, a tender shoot, rooted in Latin tener, meaning soft or delicatefitting for something fragile yet relentless.

Touch sensingTendrils coil within minutes of feeling contact.
Spring trickThey twist into opposite-handed coils, making natural shock absorbers.
Darwin obsessedHe wrote a whole book on climbing plants.
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