Frond
[frɒnd] or [frɑnd]
Definition
(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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Definition
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.
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Examples
- The A-shaped roof was thatched with small branches laid close together and over these long jungle grass and palm fronds, with a final coating of clay. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- When they were more than usually tall she lifted the baby to the top of her head, that it might be out of the reach of their drenching fronds. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The fronds are wrought into baskets, brooms, mats, sacks and many other useful articles; and the trunks are made into boats, and furnish timber for the construction of houses. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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