frondose

[ fron-dohs ]

adjective

1. bearing fronds.
2. resembling a frond.

Word History and Origins

Origin of frondose¹

1715–25; < Latin frondōsus abounding in foliage, equivalent to frond- frond + -ōsus -ose ¹

Example Sentences

Frondes′cent, springing into leaf; Frondif′erous, bearing or producing fronds; Frondose′, covered with fronds.

From Project Gutenberg

One of the frondose Liverworts, Steetzia, otherwise like a Jungermannia; the spore-case not yet protruded from its sheath.

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Frondose, frond-bearing; like a frond, or sometimes used for leafy.

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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.

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It is not so common at Ithaca as the frondose polyporus.

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