Frond
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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