- a leaf; specif.,
- the leaf of a fern
- the leaf of a palm
- the leaflike part, or shoot, of a lichen, seaweed, duckweed, etc.
Origin of frond
Classical Latin frons (gen. frondis), leafy branch, foliagefrond
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frond
noun
- A leaf of a fern.
- A large compound leaf of a palm.
- A leaflike thallus, as of a seaweed or lichen.
Origin of frond
Latin frōns frond- foliageRelated Forms:
- frond′ed
adjective
frond
of a coconut palm
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- A leaf of a fern or cycad, usually consisting of multiple leaflets.
- A large, fanlike leaf of a palm tree.
- A leaflike structure such as the thallus of a lichen or a seaweed.
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Noun
(plural fronds)
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Sentence Examples
- The large frond of Cycadites represented in fig.
- A, part of frond; B, single pinna.
- "Jerid" means in Arabic a "palm frond" and inferentially "a palm grove."
- Continuity between seeds and frond was also demonstrated in another species, A.
- They consist of a so-called "frond" - a flattened green more or less oval structure which emits branches similar to itself from lateral pockets at or near the base.
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