frondose
Americanadjective
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bearing fronds.
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resembling a frond.
Etymology
Origin of frondose
1715–25; < Latin frondōsus abounding in foliage, equivalent to frond- frond + -ōsus -ose 1
Example Sentences
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Frondes′cent, springing into leaf; Frondif′erous, bearing or producing fronds; Frondose′, covered with fronds.
From Project Gutenberg
One of the frondose Liverworts, Steetzia, otherwise like a Jungermannia; the spore-case not yet protruded from its sheath.
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Frondose, frond-bearing; like a frond, or sometimes used for leafy.
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There are several species which are related to the frondose polyporus which occur in this country as well as in Europe.
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It is not so common at Ithaca as the frondose polyporus.
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