Every one who has wandered in a primeval forest of the tropics, whether in the eastern or the western hemisphere, has been struck by the inconceivable profusion of the climbers and twiners with which the trees are laced together.
"The Romance of Natural History, Second Series"
Philip Henry Gosse
One of these is the finding of a support, and this is common to twiners and tendrils.
"Darwin and Modern Science"
A.C. Seward and Others
The Morning-Glory and most twiners move around from left to right like the hands of a clock, but a few turn from right to left.
"Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; From Seed to Leaf"
Jane H. Newell