Frond Definition

frŏnd
fronds
noun
A leaf.
Webster's New World
A large compound leaf of a palm.
American Heritage
The leaflike part, or shoot, of a lichen, seaweed, duckweed, etc.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Frond

Noun

Singular:
frond
Plural:
fronds

Origin of Frond

  • Latin frōns frond- foliage

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin frons (“leafy branch”).

    From Wiktionary

Frond Sentence Examples

  • The large frond of Cycadites represented in fig.

  • 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.

  • The nest is always firmly attached to seaweed, and sometimes suspended from an over-hanging frond.

  • E, Vertical section of frond of the complicated Siphoneous Green Alga Halimeda.

  • Professor Nathorst, as the result of a more recent examination of Heer's specimen, found that the segments of the frond are characterized by the presence of two parallel veins instead of a single midrib, with a row of stomata between them; for this type of Cycadean leaf he proposed the generic name Pseudocycas.

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