tendril
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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
On a fall day at Duwamish Head Greenbelt, a strip of forest sandwiched between Harbor Avenue Southwest and Southwest Admiral Way in West Seattle, 68-year-old volunteer Doug Adams stumbles over a tendril.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2022
The smoke Bitter had painted around it was as dense as clouds, and Jam thought she could see it move, a jerky tendril here and there.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
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