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Out of focus tendril / Zarcillo desenfocado

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It's amazing how it coil in any support that serves to them to climb upper.

 

Es sorprendente cómo se enroscan en cualquier soporte que les sirva para trepar más alto.

 

ENGLISH

In botany, a tendril is a specialized stem, leaf or petiole with a threadlike shape that is used by climbing plants for support and attachment, generally by twining around whatever it touches.

 

The earliest and most comprehensive study of tendrils was Charles Darwin's monograph On the Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants, which was originally published in 1865. This work also coined the term circumnutation to describe the motion of growing stems and tendrils seeking supports.

 

More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tendril

 

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CASTELLANO

Un zarcillo es un tallo, hoja o pecíolo especializado del que se sirven ciertas plantas trepadoras para sujetarse a una superficie o a otras plantas. Existe una gran variedad de zarcillos, siendo los más importantes los de tipo caulinar y foliar.

 

Fuente: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zarcillo

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