A threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often in spiral form
Motif- a recurring subject, theme, or ... [PAR] Tendril - a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral 
form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support 
the... [DOC] [TLE] English III [PAR] clambering (v)  climbing with difficulty, especially on all fours; scrambling.