noun
General term for climbing or trailing plants with long, thin stems.
庭のフェンスにつる草が絡まっている。
Vines are twining around the garden fence.
このつる草は夏に小さな白い花を咲かせる。
This creeper produces small white flowers in summer.
Compound of つる (vine, tendril) and 草 (grass, plant). The origin of つる is uncertain, but it is a native Japanese word.