frond
noun/fɹɒnd/UK/fɹɑnd/US
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin frons, frond- (“leafy branch”).
- borrowed from frons
Definitions
The leaf of a fern, especially a compound leaf.
- By the bank, fifty yards below Elm Island, stood the Master, looking into water six inches deep. A fern frond, knocked off the bank upstream, came down turning like a little green dragon in the clear water.
Any fern-like leaf or other object resembling a fern leaf.
- palm frond
The neighborhood
Derived
frondage, fronded, frondiferous, frondiform, frondless, frondlet, frondlike, frondous, frondy
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA