Frond
[frond] /frɒnd/
noun, Botany.
1.
an often large, finely divided leaf, especially as applied to the ferns and certain palms.
2.
a leaflike expansion not differentiated into stem and foliage, as in lichens.
/frɒnd/
noun
1.
a large compound leaf, esp of a fern
2.
the thallus of a seaweed or a lichen
n.
1785, from Latin frons (genitive frondis) “leafy branch, green bough, foliage.” Adopted by Linnæus in a sense distinct from folium.
frond
(frŏnd)
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