| 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. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Frondation | n. [ L. frondatio, from frons. See Frond. ] The act of stripping, as trees, of leaves or branches; a kind of pruning. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Fronde | ‖n. [ F. ] (F. Hist.) A political party in France, during the minority of Louis XIV., who opposed the government, and made war upon the court party. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Fronded | a. Furnished with fronds. “Fronded palms.” Whittier. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Frondent | a. [ L. frondens, p. pr. of frondere to put forth leaves. See Frond. ] Covered with leaves; leafy; as, a frondent tree. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Frondesce | v. i. [ L. frondescere, inchoative fr. frondere. See Frondent. ] To unfold leaves, as plants. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Frondescence | n. (Bot.) (a) The time at which each species of plants unfolds its leaves. (b) The act of bursting into leaf. Milne. Martyn. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Frondeur | ‖n. [ F. ] (F. Hist.) A member of the Fronde. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Frondiferous | a. [ L. frondifer frons a leafy branch + ferre to bear: cf. F. frondifere. ] Producing fronds. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Frondlet | n. (Bot.) A very small frond, or distinct portion of a compound frond. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Frondose | a. [ L. frondosus leafy. ] (Bot.) (a) Frond bearing; resembling a frond; having a simple expansion not separable into stem and leaves. (b) Leafy. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Frondous | a. (Bot.) Frondose. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
