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frondose

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fron⋅dose

  [fron-dohs]
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–adjective
1. bearing fronds.
2. resembling a frond.
Origin:
1715–25; < L frondōsus abounding in foliage, equiv. to frond- frond + -ōsus -ose 1
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fron·dose   (frŏn'dōs')   
adj.  

  1. Bearing fronds.

  2. Resembling a frond.


[Latin frondōsus, abounding in foliage, from frōns, frond-, foliage.]
fron'dose'ly adv.
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