frondose

[ fron-dohs ]

/ ˈfrɒn doʊs /

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adjective

bearing fronds.

resembling a frond.

Nearby words

frond, fronde, frondescence, frondeur, frondizi, frondose, frons, front, front and center, front bench, front bottom

Origin of frondose

1715–25; < Latin frondōsus abounding in foliage, equivalent to frond- frond + -ōsus -ose¹

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Examples from the Web for frondose

In fact we may expect a form reduced to an axis, a few ramenta, a frondose dilatation, and one punctum of reproductive organs.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The|William Griffith
Frondes′cent, springing into leaf; Frondif′erous, bearing or producing fronds; Frondose′, covered with fronds.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various
One of the frondose Liverworts, Steetzia, otherwise like a Jungermannia; the spore-case not yet protruded from its sheath.
The Elements of Botany|Asa Gray
Next to the frondose ferns they took the largest part in the composition of the palæolithic fern forests.
The History of Creation, Vol. II (of 2)|Ernst Haeckel

In the same way as the Ophioglossæ arose out of the frondose forms, the scale ferns arose out of the Ophioglossæ.
The History of Creation, Vol. II (of 2)|Ernst Haeckel