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tenacles

tenacles is the plural of tenacle.

Meaning of tenacle

Noun

tenacle (plural tenacles)

  1. (rare) A stalk or shoot by which a plant holds itself up, or by which climbing plants attach themselves to surfaces.
    • And Ivy divided from the root, we have observed to live some years, by the cirrous parts commonly conceived but as tenacles and holdfasts unto it.1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 198

Questions about tenacles

What is tenacles the plural of?
Tenacles is the plural of tenacle.

Words near tenacles in the dictionary

  1. tenacissimoside
  2. tenacissoside
  3. tenacities
  4. tenacity
  5. tenacle
  6. tenacles
  7. tenacula
  8. tenacular
  9. tenaculum
  10. tenaculums
  11. tenacy

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