Frond
noun
A large, divided leaf.
The palm tree fronds waved gently in the sea breeze.
Often appears as...
- palm frond
- fern frond
noun
The leaf or leaflike part of a palm, fern, or similar plant.
The fern's fronds were lush and green, covering the forest floor.
Often appears as...
- green frond
- frond pattern
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Academic
noun
A complex structure of seaweeds and algae.
The fish darted through the fronds of seaweed in the coral reef.
Often appears as...
- frond of algae
- seaweed frond
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Technical
noun
A large, divided leaf.
The palm tree fronds waved gently in the sea breeze.
Often appears as...
- palm frond
- fern frond
noun
The leaf or leaflike part of a palm, fern, or similar plant.
The fern's fronds were lush and green, covering the forest floor.
Often appears as...
- green frond
- frond pattern
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A complex structure of seaweeds and algae.
The fish darted through the fronds of seaweed in the coral reef.
Often appears as...
- frond of algae
- seaweed frond
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Plants and Trees
Commonly used to describe large, leafy parts of tropical plants, especially palms and tree ferns.
The resort had exotic plants with wide fronds providing shade.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Imagery
The term often evokes images of lush, tropical settings or paradisiacal landscapes.
Vacation photos captured the beautiful fronds of the jungle.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphoric Use
'Frond' can symbolize growth, nature, and the tropics in poetry or descriptive writing.
Her hair cascaded down her back like the fronds of a willowy palm.
Pro Tip 1/3Plants and Trees
Commonly used to describe large, leafy parts of tropical plants, especially palms and tree ferns.
The resort had exotic plants with wide fronds providing shade.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Imagery
The term often evokes images of lush, tropical settings or paradisiacal landscapes.
Vacation photos captured the beautiful fronds of the jungle.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphoric Use
'Frond' can symbolize growth, nature, and the tropics in poetry or descriptive writing.
Her hair cascaded down her back like the fronds of a willowy palm.
Pro Tip 1/3Plants and Trees
Commonly used to describe large, leafy parts of tropical plants, especially palms and tree ferns.
The resort had exotic plants with wide fronds providing shade.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Imagery
The term often evokes images of lush, tropical settings or paradisiacal landscapes.
Vacation photos captured the beautiful fronds of the jungle.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphoric Use
'Frond' can symbolize growth, nature, and the tropics in poetry or descriptive writing.
Her hair cascaded down her back like the fronds of a willowy palm.
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Video examples
Jay Silver: Hack a...
and they could pull leaves off of trees and make shingles out of them, and they could make beds out of trees, and they could -- I watched this woman for three days. I was there. She was peeling this palm frond apart, these little threads off of it, and she'd roll the threads together and make little thicker threads, like strings,
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Discover Ancient Wonders...
back here in the Anthropocene the mist is thickening to drizzle the bedrock darkens deepening the contrast but shall we call this antique frond part fern
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Seagrass In Dubai Palms...
but each frond was created by dredging sand from the seabed and on the seabed is a grassland as rich as the plains of Africa
Video examples
Jay Silver: Hack a...
and they could pull leaves off of trees and make shingles out of them, and they could make beds out of trees, and they could -- I watched this woman for three days. I was there. She was peeling this palm frond apart, these little threads off of it, and she'd roll the threads together and make little thicker threads, like strings,
Video examples
Discover Ancient Wonders...
back here in the Anthropocene the mist is thickening to drizzle the bedrock darkens deepening the contrast but shall we call this antique frond part fern
Video examples
Seagrass In Dubai Palms...
but each frond was created by dredging sand from the seabed and on the seabed is a grassland as rich as the plains of Africa
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