/fɹɒnd/, /fɹɑnd/
OriginBorrowed from Latin frons, frond- (“leafy branch”).
- The leaf of a fern, especially a compound leaf.
“By the bank, fifty yards below Elm Island, stood the Master, looking into water six inches deep. A fern frond, knocked off the bank upstream, came down turning like a little green dragon in the clear ”
- Any fern-like leaf or other object resembling a fern leaf.
“palm frond”
“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 f”
Formsfronds(plural)