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Webster 1913 Edition
Frond
Frond
(frŏnd)
, Noun.
[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
; also, the peculiar leaf of a palm tree. frond
of a fern or of a lichen or seaweedWebster 1828 Edition
Frond
FROND
,Noun.
In botany, a term which Linne applies to the peculiar leafing of palms and ferns. He defines it, a kind of stem which has the branch united with the leaf and frequently with the fructification. The term seems to import the union of a leaf and a branch.