Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Bearing fronds.
- adjective Resembling a frond or leaf.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In cryptogamic bot.: Having the form or appearance of a leaf or frond; foliaceous.
- In Hepaticæ, not having a leafy stem; thalloid.
- Bearing fronds; frondiferous.
- In zoology, same as foliaceous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Frond bearing; resembling a frond; having a simple expansion not separable into stem and leaves.
- adjective Leafy.
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- adjective botany
leafy
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This is a question of importance, as perhaps it may prove that all the foliaceous forms, except Lycopodium, Equisetum, and Chara, are frondose; the dorsal situation is in favour of this assumption, since in all the genuine frondose forms, the reproductive organs of both kinds originate immediately from the under surface, although they may protrude through the upper.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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In fact we may expect a form reduced to an axis, a few ramenta, a frondose dilatation, and one punctum of reproductive organs.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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The frond of Ceterach is very frondose-looking, it has stomata on its under surface, and the cells of the cuticle very sinuate.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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It is not so common at Ithaca as the frondose polyporus.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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There are several species which are related to the frondose polyporus which occur in this country as well as in Europe.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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Copyright.] = Polyporus umbellatus = Fr. -- This species is also related to the frondose polyporus, but is very distinct.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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