 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
frond
noun: compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Frond \Frond\ (fr[o^]nd), noun [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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
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