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What Are Thorns And Tendrils?

THORNS-

  • Botany.
    1. A modified branch in the form of a sharp, woody spine.
    2. Any of various shrubs, trees, or woody plants bearing sharp, woody spines.
  • Any of various sharp, spiny protuberances; a prickle.
  • One that causes sharp pain, irritation, or discomfort: He is a thorn in my side.
  • The runic letter þ originally representing either sound of the Modern English th, as in the and thin, used in Old English and Middle English manuscripts.


TENDRILS- In botany, a tendril is a specialized stem, leaf or petiole with a threadlike shape that is used byclimbing plants for support, attachment and cellular invasion by parasitic plants, generally by twining around suitable hosts. They do not have a lamina or blade, but they can photosynthesize. They can be formed from modified shoots, modified leaves, or auxiliary branches and are sensitive to airborne chemicals, often determining the direction of growth, as in species of Cuscuta. 

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Thorns are the sharp points on some plants and trees, for example on a rose bush.

Tendrils are thin stems which grow on some plants so that they can attach themselves to supports such as walls or other plants.

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Thorns are stiff, sharp-pointed, straight or curved woody projection on the stem or other part of a plant .

Tendrils are slender threadlike appendage of a climbing plant, often growing in a spiral form, that stretches out and twines around any suitable support.

 
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THORNS ARE STIFF,, CURVED OR STRAIGHT WOODY PROJECTION ON THE STEM OR OTHER PART OF A PLANT.........

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