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frond

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–noun Botany.
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.  

  1. The leaf of a fern.

  2. A large compound leaf of a palm.

  3. A leaflike thallus, as of a seaweed or lichen.


[Latin frōns, frond-, foliage.]
frond'ed adj.
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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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