tendron

From Middle French tendron.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛndɹən/

tendron (plural tendrons)

1. A young, tender plant shoot; a bud.
   • 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book II.]”, 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.

2. The gristle or cartilage of the ribs.

• Dronten, on trend

From Old French tenrum, with change of suffix.

• IPA^(key): /tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/

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tendron m (plural tendrons)

1. gristle
2. tendril, young shoot
3. lass

• “tendron”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.