frond
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6.3
- noun
- /frɑnd/
- Specialized
:
fronda
- A warm breeze rustled the brittle fronds and swayed the drooping branches.
- palm fronds
- fern fronds
- coconut fronds
The first nominee is Molly Shannon for the way she says palm fronds in white Lotus.
- The first nominee is Molly Shannon for the way she says palm fronds in white Lotus.
- Slick bare trunks furred in wafting fronds have water for sky.
Examples
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The garden is filled with lush green fronds from the ferns that thrive in the shade.
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Madre Ana also cradles a long palm frond in the crook of her arm.
Academic text (2011) -
From his jacket, he produces a small palm frond and presents it to her.
Fiction book (1997) -
We collected fronds from the pine trees and lined the bottom with them.
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Palm has a waxy residue on the surface of its fronds, making it difficult to break down.
Academic text (2001) -
The man Marcia had seen through the fern fronds had gone camping to escape.
Fiction book (1993) -
Dozens of tiny bats fluttered out of the palm fronds in search of a meal.
Fiction book (1997) -
In the blustering wind, the fronds of the palm trees rattled like old bones.
Fiction book (1992) -
All along the way, curious pinkish fern fronds uncurled like fuzzed snakes standing upright, concerned by his approach.
Fiction book (1999) -
High, thick-rooted trees towered overhead, their fronds sheltering Artus from much of the downpour.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
A flat plant part divided into several small leaflets joined to one stalk
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Frond comes from the Latin word frons, which means 'leaf' or 'front' and is also the source of the English word front. So a frond is literally a leaf, often the large, divided leaf you see on ferns and palms.