FROND

frond

(noun) compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

frond (plural fronds)

(botany) The leaf of a fern, especially a compound leaf.

Any fern-like leaf or other object resembling a fern leaf.

Anagrams

• fnord

Source: Wiktionary


Frond, n. Etym: [L. frons, frondis, a leafy branch, foliage.] (Bot.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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