frond

frond

noun \ˈfränd\

: a large, long leaf

Full 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

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