frond

frond
Synonyms and related words:
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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  • frond — frond; frond·age; frond·ed; frond·let; …   English syllables

  • Frond — (fr[o^]nd), 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • frond — [frɔnd US fra:nd] n [Date: 1700 1800; : Latin; Origin: frons leaves ] a leaf of a ↑fern or ↑palm 1(2) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • frond — [ frand ] noun count a large long leaf divided into many narrow sections: fern/palm fronds a. a long narrow piece of SEAWEED …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • frond — 1785, from L. frons (gen. frondis) leafy branch, green bough, foliage. Adopted by Linnæus in a sense distinct from folium …   Etymology dictionary

  • frond — ► NOUN ▪ the leaf or leaf like part of a palm, fern, or similar plant. ORIGIN Latin frons leaf …   English terms dictionary

  • frond — [fränd] n. [L frons (gen. frondis), leafy branch, foliage] 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. fronded adj …   English World dictionary

  • frond|ed — «FRON dihd», adjective. having fronds: »fronded palms …   Useful english dictionary

  • Frond — A frond is a large leaf with many divisions to it, and the term is typically used for the leaves of palms, ferns or cycads. [ [http://www.m w.com/dictionary/Frond] Merriam Webster s Online Dictionary ] A frond is the leaf like structure of a fern …   Wikipedia

  • frond — fronded, adj. /frond/, n. Bot. 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; < L frond (s. of frons) branch,… …   Universalium

  • frond — UK [frɒnd] / US [frɑnd] noun [countable] Word forms frond : singular frond plural fronds a) a large long leaf divided into many narrow sections fern/palm fronds b) a long narrow piece of seaweed …   English dictionary

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