| frond | <botany> A leaf especially of a fern, cycad or palm, a leaf-like portion of a non-vascular plant (for example a foliose alga). (06 Mar 1998) |
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| frondation | <botany> The act of stripping, as trees, of leaves or branches; a kind of pruning. Origin: L. Frondatio, from frons. See Frond. (06 Mar 1998) |
| frondent | <botany> Covered with leaves; leafy; as, a frondent tree. Origin: L. Frondens, p. Pr. Of frondere to put forth leaves. See Frond. (06 Mar 1998) |
| frondesce | To unfold leaves, as plants. Origin: L. Frondescere, inchoative fr. Frondere. See Frondent. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| frondescence | <botany> The time at which each species of plants unfolds its leaves. The act of bursting into leaf. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| frondiferous | Producing fronds. Origin: L. Frondifer frons a leafy branch + ferre to bear: cf. F. Frondifere. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| frondlet | <botany> A very small frond, or distinct portion of a compound frond. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| frondose | <botany> Frond bearing; resembling a frond; having a simple expansion not separable into stem and leaves. See: leafy. Origin: L. Frondosus leafy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| frondous | <botany> Frondose. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |