'Frond' definitions:
Definition of 'frond'
(from WordNet)
noun
Compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad
Definition of 'Frond'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'frond'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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