frondlike

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

frond +‎ -like

Adjective[edit]

frondlike (comparative more frondlike, superlative most frondlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a frond.
    • 2007 April 24, Henry Fountain, “That New Car Bouquet Is Intoxicating, Not Toxic”, in New York Times[1]:
      The complete Eospermatopteris, as described in a paper in the journal Nature and reconstructed in the line drawing here, grew up to 25 feet or more, with shallow roots and a flared crown that consisted of flattened frondlike branches with tiny branchlets at the tips.