About The Word Frond
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Frond
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What's The Definition Of Frond?
[n] compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad
Synonyms | Synonyms for Frond: Related Terms | Find terms related to Frond: bine | blade | bough | bract | bracteole | bractlet | branch | branchedness | branchiness | burgeon | cotyledon | deadwood | flag | flagellum | floral leaf | foliole | fork | glume | involucre | involucrum | lamina | leaf | leaflet | lemma | ligule | limb | needle | offshoot | petal | pile | pine needle | ramage | ramification | runner | sarment | scion | seed leaf | sepal | shoot | slip | spathe | spear | spire | spray | sprig | sprit | sprout | stipula | stipule | stolon | sucker | switch | tendril | thallus | twig See Also | foliage | leaf | leafage Frond In Webster's Dictionary \Frond\, n. [L. frons, frondis, a leafy branch, foliage.]
(Bot.)
The organ formed by the combination or union into one body of
stem and leaf, and often bearing the fructification; as, the
frond of a fern or of a lichen or seaweed; also, the peculiar
leaf of a palm tree.
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