noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
twining around; entangling
Rare literary word describing vines, threads, or abstract things winding around and entangling. Modern Japanese more often uses 絡まる, 巻き付く, or もつれる.
古い詩で、蔦が木に纏繞する様子が描かれている。
In an old poem, ivy is depicted twining around a tree.
Compound of 纏 (てん, 'wrap, wind') and 繞 (じょう, 'surround, wind around'). A Sino-Japanese literary coinage; the exact historical derivation is uncertain.