Meaning of FROND
| Pronunciation: | | frând
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| | Definition: | | [n] compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad |
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| | See Also: | | foliage, leaf, leafage | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Frond\, 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.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A leaf especially of a fern, cycad or palm; a leaf-like portion of a non-vascular plant (e.g. a foliose alga). |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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