Frond
Sponsored by Matthew KingCame first in group 2 in round 1 with 542 votesbeat Pioneer on 81 votesbeat Abstain on 81 votesbeat That on 31 votes
Came third in group 1 in round 2 with 477 votesbeaten by Gusset on 1353 votesbeaten by Plinth on 793 votesbeat Compostable on 231 votes
See also: Frönd
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin frons, frond- (“leafy branch”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
frond (plural fronds)
- (botany) The leaf of a fern, especially a compound leaf.
- Any fern-like leaf or other object resembling a fern leaf.
- 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 35:
- Scores of coconut-shell fires blazed with their characteristic glaring white flame, throwing grotesque shadows on the brown thatched huts, dancing in fairylike shimmerings among the domes of coconut fronds, casting ghostly reaches of light through the adjacent graveyards, and silhouetting the forms of pareu-clad natives at work cleaning their fish or laying them on the live coals to broil.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
leaf of a fern
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Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
frond
- Alternative form of frend