frondescence
noun
the process or period of putting forth leaves, as a tree, plant, or the like.
frondescent
-
a word derived from
frondescence.
Example Sentences
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The frondescent petals are very often completely disjoined, as in Verbascum nigrum, and Lonicera Periclymenum, in which, moreover, median prolification generally coexists.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
Calcareous deposits and frondescent incrustations on the coast.
From Volcanic Islands by Darwin, Charles
