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frond

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. frond (noun)
  2. fertile frond (noun)

frond

noun \ˈfränd\

Definition of FROND

1
: a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions
2
: a thallus or thalloid shoot (as of a lichen or seaweed) resembling a leaf
— frond·ed \ˈfrän-dəd\ adjective
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Origin of FROND

Latin frond-, frons foliage
First Known Use: 1785

Other Botany Terms

annual, burgeon, chloroplast, nomenclature, succulent, sylvan, xylem

Rhymes with FROND

blond, bond, fond, Gond, pond, rand, sonde, wand, yond

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