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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Each loop of the driveway produced an impassable snowdrift in winter, but by then Carol and Mike were on the coast, watching waving kelp fronds from their living room.
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Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
Once the temperature dips below 50°F, all growth will stop, the fronds can turn yellow, and freezing temperatures can kill the fern.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
And after sitting around for 48 hours on their beach weaving palm fronds and not doing a lot else, the tribe was probably bursting to do something — anything.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
Flaming palm fronds heaved back and forth across the frame, and embers streaked the air.
—Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
Once the temperature dips below 50°F, all growth will stop, the fronds can turn yellow, and freezing temperatures can kill the fern.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
And after sitting around for 48 hours on their beach weaving palm fronds and not doing a lot else, the tribe was probably bursting to do something — anything.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
Flaming palm fronds heaved back and forth across the frame, and embers streaked the air.
—Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Frond.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frond. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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frond
noun
: a large leaf especially of a fern or palm tree that often has many divisions
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