Fronds
[frɔndz]
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.
Typist: Ursula