fronded

Variant of frond

noun

  1. a leaf; specif.,
    1. the leaf of a fern
    2. the leaf of a palm
  2. the leaflike part, or shoot, of a lichen, seaweed, duckweed, etc.

Origin: L frons (gen. frondis), leafy branch, foliage

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