Frond

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Frond \Frond\ (fr[o^]nd), n. [L. frons, frondis, a leafy branch,
     foliage.] (Bot.)
     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.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  frond
       n : compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  55 Moby Thesaurus words for "frond":
     bine, blade, bough, bract, bracteole, bractlet, branch,
     branchedness, branchiness, burgeon, cotyledon, deadwood, flag,
     flagellum, floral leaf, foliole, fork, glume, involucre,
     involucrum, lamina, leaf, leaflet, lemma, ligule, limb, needle,
     offshoot, petal, pile, pine needle, ramage, ramification, runner,
     sarment, scion, seed leaf, sepal, shoot, slip, spathe, spear,
     spire, spray, sprig, sprit, sprout, stipula, stipule, stolon,
     sucker, switch, tendril, thallus, twig