frond

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The mass of the frond is configured from chlorenchymatous cells.

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  1. noun The leaf of a fern.
  2. noun A large compound leaf of a palm.
  3. noun A leaflike thallus, as of a seaweed or lichen.

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  • Each lacy frond was an iridescent blue, trembling with hidden life. —  Ann Maxwell - Fire Dancer 3 - Dancer's Illusion (v1.0)
  • If necessary, any stipules connecting daughter fronds to the pouch of the mother frond were carefully separated without injuring the fronds. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • For the recorded images frond number and frond area were determined automatically. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • Instead of roots, the Salvinia uses a three-leaf or frond approach: two water resistant fronds float atop the surface while the third frond is divided into sections and submersed in the water, serving as a "root." —  The Why Files
  • The Package manager, a graphical frond-end for Pardus's own package management system PISI (Packages Installed Successfully, as Intended), updates the package information and gives me the option to select all the upgradeable packages. —  DesktopLinux.com
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  1. Latin frōns, frond-, foliage.

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  1. = Spanish fronde= Italian fronde, fronda, from L. frons (frond-), Old Latin plural frundes, a leafy branch, a green bough, foliage, a garland of leaves.
 

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