bluntly-hooked

Updated: May 29, 2025

In the allied Eccremocarpus the internodes, petioles, and much- branched tendrils all spontaneously revolve together. The tendrils do not as a whole turn from the light; but their bluntly-hooked extremities arrange themselves neatly on any surface with which they come into contact, apparently so as to avoid the light.

Charles Darwin - The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants