tendril

A few weeks later, a wispy tendril starts out, climbing up the wooden support.

From Salon ● May 9, 2026

A few painstaking moments later and he has freed his bounty—a small caterpillar perhaps an inch long, caked in earth with a reddish tendril of fungus sprouting from its head.

From National Geographic ● Jan. 4, 2024

There, poking up through the soil, was a tiny green tendril.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2023

A twisty tendril of vapor in white-to-red ombre could be seen snaking behind a bright white light in parts of South Korea’s sky Friday evening.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 30, 2022

A small string at the upper end of the harp broke with a high-pitched tinkle and curled up like an ivy tendril.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

"There's an intestine detached from the rest of the body, surrounded by tendrils of blood vessels from the yolk."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026

Route 66 has its tendrils throughout SoCal, and especially in the L.A. area, winding through Pasadena, West Hollywood and culminating in Santa Monica.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

Somehow, the tiny thin tendrils still hold on.

From Salon ● May 9, 2026

Watching the “Russian Doll” hologram, we hear green tendrils of Stravinsky’s “Le Sacre du printemps” in the musical mix.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2025

At first it was scattered villages, surrounded by the tendrils of the wood of Vincennes.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz