US /ˈtɛndrəl/
・UK /ˈtendrəl/
If you look at something like a pea tendril, when it senses that it's close to a branch, that it can wrap itself around, it starts growing more quickly in that direction, and then it changes the growth so that it wraps itself around a branch.
If you look at something like a p-tendril, when it senses that it's close to a branch that it can wrap itself around, it starts growing more quickly in that direction,
So if you look at something like a pea tendril, when it senses that it's close to a branch that it can wrap itself around, it starts growing more quickly in that direction, and then it changes the growth so that it wraps itself around a branch.
There is a very simple form of making that goes into that process, the pea tendril needs to sense the branch nearby, it also needs to be in the light for this process to take place.