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English
Etymology
From Middle French tendron.
Pronunciation
Noun
tendron (plural tendrons)
- A young, tender plant shoot; a bud.
1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. , (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: Adam Islip, →OCLC:So soon as new buds and tendrons appeare aboue ground from the root.
- The gristle or cartilage of the ribs.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Old French tenrum, with change of suffix.
Pronunciation
Noun
tendron m (plural tendrons)
- gristle
- tendril, young shoot
- lass
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