Definition of frond
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Frond (n.) 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..
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Sea Mat ::
Sea mat () Any bryozoan of the genus Flustra or allied genera which form frondlike corals.
Sea Cucumber ::
Sea cucumber () Any large holothurian, especially one of those belonging to the genus Pentacta, or Cucumaria, as the common American and European species. (P. frondosa)..
Fern ::
Fern (n.) An order of cryptogamous plants, the Filices, which have their fructification on the back of the fronds or leaves. They are usually found in humid soil, sometimes grow epiphytically on trees, and in tropical climates often attain a gigantic size..
Female Fern ::
Female fern () a common species of fern with large decompound fronds (Asplenium Filixfaemina), growing in many countries; lady fern..
Moonwort ::
Moonwort (n.) Any fern of the genus Botrychium, esp. B. Lunaria; -- so named from the crescent-shaped segments of its frond..
Proliferous ::
Proliferous (a.) Bearing offspring; -- applied to a flower from within which another is produced, or to a branch or frond from which another rises, or to a plant which is reproduced by buds or gemmae..
Laver ::
Laver (n.) The fronds of certain marine algae used as food, and for making a sauce called laver sauce. Green laver is the Ulva latissima; purple laver, Porphyra laciniata and P. vulgaris. It is prepared by stewing, either alone or with other vegetables, and with various condiments; -- called also sloke, or sloakan..
Sea Colander ::
Sea colander () A large blackfish seaweed (Agarum Turneri), the frond of which is punctured with many little holes..
Scar ::
Scar (n.) A mark left upon a stem or branch by the fall of a leaf, leaflet, or frond, or upon a seed by the separation of its support. See Illust.. under Axillary..
Polypodium ::
Polypodium (n.) A genus of plants of the order Filices or ferns. The fructifications are in uncovered roundish points, called sori, scattered over the inferior surface of the frond or leaf. There are numerous species..
Megaphyton ::
Megaphyton (n.) An extinct genus of tree ferns with large, two-ranked leaves, or fronds..
Sea Laces ::
Sea laces () A kind of seaweed (Chorda Filum) having blackish cordlike fronds, often many feet long..
Fronde ::
Fronde (n.) A political party in France, during the minority of Louis XIV., who opposed the government, and made war upon the court party..
Pulu ::
Pulu (n.) A vegetable substance consisting of soft, elastic, yellowish brown chaff, gathered in the Hawaiian Islands from the young fronds of free ferns of the genus Cibotium, chiefly C. Menziesii; -- used for stuffing mattresses, cushions, etc., and as an absorbent..
Mannite ::
Mannite (n.) A sweet white efflorescence from dried fronds of kelp, especially from those of the Laminaria saccharina, or devil's apron..
Dangleberry ::
Dangleberry (n.) A dark blue, edible berry with a white bloom, and its shrub (Gaylussacia frondosa) closely allied to the common huckleberry. The bush is also called blue tangle, and is found from New England to Kentucky, and southward..
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