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noun
- 1. the leaf or leaflike part of a palm, fern, or similar plant: "fronds of bracken"
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a large, usually divided, leaf, esp. of a fern or palm tree. (Definition of frond from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of frond.
Sep 23, 2012 · 1. : a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions. 2. : a thallus or thalloid shoot (as of a lichen or seaweed) resembling a leaf. fronded. ˈfrän-dəd. adjective. Examples of frond in a Sentence.
a large, usually divided, leaf, esp. of a fern or palm tree. (Definition of frond from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of frond.
noun. 1. a leaf. ; specif., a. the leaf of a fern. b. the leaf of a palm. 2. the leaflike part, or shoot, of a lichen, seaweed, duckweed, etc. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.
A compound leaf — that is, a leaf with many fine and deep divisions — is a frond, such as on ferns and palm trees. Although commonly referring to the leafy part of a fern or palm, the noun frond can also refer to anything that has a similar shape to a palm frond or fern frond.
Frond definition: an often large, finely divided leaf, especially as applied to the ferns and certain palms.. See examples of FROND used in a sentence.
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1. an often large, finely divided leaf, esp. as applied to the ferns and certain palms. 2. a leaflike expansion not differentiated into stem and foliage, as in lichens. [1745–55; < Latin frond-, s. of frōns foliage] frond′ed, adj.
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 .
