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
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The date palm grown for its familiar edible crop (Phoenix dactylifera) has attractive fronds that may reach 20 feet in length.
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Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 25 May 2024
The gallery also includes a 45 million-year-old palm frond and a crocodile from Wyoming and a rhinoceros from Nebraska.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2024
Leave as many green fronds on your palms as possible to keep them vigorous and healthy.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2024
The packages had pictures of a bald eagle on the frond.
—Josh Feldman, NBC News, 20 June 2024
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Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 25 May 2024
The gallery also includes a 45 million-year-old palm frond and a crocodile from Wyoming and a rhinoceros from Nebraska.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2024
Leave as many green fronds on your palms as possible to keep them vigorous and healthy.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2024
The packages had pictures of a bald eagle on the frond.
—Josh Feldman, NBC News, 20 June 2024
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“Frond.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frond. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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noun
: a large leaf especially of a fern or palm tree that often has many divisions
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