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frond

Large leaf or leaflike structure; in ferns it is often pinnately divided. The term is also applied to the leaves of palms and less commonly to the plant bodies of certain seaweeds, liverworts, and lichens.



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But will you please go to the frond door; there are servants there," the gardener answered.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
On the fourteenth day I went into the kitchen, and I was surprised to find that the fronds of the red weed had grown right across the hole in the wall, turning the half-light of the place into a crimson-coloured obscurity.
The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context
In a great airy ward of a Far Eastern hospital, lying on my back, I had plenty of leisure to remember the dreadful cold and snow of Amsterdam, while looking at the fronds of the palm-trees tossing and rustling at the height of the window.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
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