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Definitions of frond in various dictionaries:
noun - compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad
The leaf of a fern.
A large compound leaf of a palm.
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| Palm leaf |
| Fern leaf |
| 103-Down appendage |
| Palm part |
| Palm branch |
| Makeshift fan |
| Fern part |
| Feathery foliage |
| Fern feature |
| Weaving material |
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| From the Latin for "leaf", it's the divided leaf of a fern or palm tree |
| From the Latin for "foliage", it's the large, divided leaf of ferns & some palms |
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| the leaf or leaf-like part of a palm, fern, or similar plant. |
| compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad |
| The leaf or leaflike part of a palm, fern, or similar plant. |
| a long, thin leaf of a plant: |
| a large, usually divided, leaf, esp. of a fern or palm tree |
| The leaf of a fern. |
| A large compound leaf of a palm. |
| A leaflike thallus, as of a seaweed or lichen. |
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A frond is a large, divided leaf. In both common usage and botanical nomenclature, the leaves of ferns are referred to as fronds and some botanists restrict the term to this group. Other botanists allow the term frond to also apply to the large leaves of cycads and palms (Arecaceae). "Frond" is commonly used to identify a large, compound leaf, but if the term is used botanically to refer to the leaves of ferns, it may be applied to smaller and undivided leaves. * Fronds have particular terms describing their components. Like all leaves, fronds usually have a stalk connecting them to the main stem. In botany, this leaf stalk is generally called a petiole, but in regard to fronds specifically it is called a stipe, and it supports a flattened blade (which may be called a lamina), and the continuation of the stipe into this portion is called the rachis. The blades may be simple (undivided), pinnatifid (deeply incised, but not truly compound), pinnate (compound with the leaflets arranged al |