frond (n.) 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 peculiar leaf of a palm
tree.
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frond frond, n. (bot.) a leaf-like expansion in
many cryptogamous plants, organs in which the functions of stem and leaf
are combined.—adjs.Frond′ed, having fronds; Frond′ent, leafy.—n.Frondes′cence, act of putting forth leaves:
the season for putting forth leaves.—adjs.Frondes′cent, springing into leaf; Frondif′erous, bearing or producing fronds;
Frondose′, covered with fronds. [L.
frons, frondis, a leaf.]
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