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–noun
Botany
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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.
Origin:
1745–55;
< L
frond-
(s. of
frōns
) branch, bough, foliage
Related forms:
fronded,
adjective
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frond
(frŏnd)
n.
The leaf of a fern.
A large compound leaf of a palm.
A leaflike thallus, as of a seaweed or lichen.
[Latin
frōns
, frond-
,
foliage
.]
frond'ed
adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History
frond
1785, from L.
frons
(gen.
frondis
) "leaf, leafy branch, foliage." Adopted by Linnæus in a sense distinct from
folium.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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