[fron-des-uh
ns] 
| 1. | the process or period of putting forth leaves, as a tree, plant, or the like. |
| 2. | leafage; foliage. |
| fron·des·cent (frŏn-děs'ənt) adj. Bearing, resembling, or having a profusion of leaves or fronds; leafy. [Latin frondēscēns, frondēscent-, present participle of frondēscere, to become leafy, inchoative of frondēre, to put forth leaves, from frōns, frond-, foliage .] fron·des'cence n. |