WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
cap•re•o•late
(kap′rē ə lāt′, kə prē′-),USA pronunciation adj.
- Biologyhaving or resembling tendrils.
- Latin capreol(us) roe deer, vine-tendril (apparently from the tendrillike shape of the deer's horn; see capriole) + -ate1
- 1730–40