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frondose, a.|frɒnˈdəʊs|
[ad. L. frondōs-us, f. frond-, frond n.1]
Covered with fronds; having the form or appearance of a frond. In early use, † Leafy, leaf-like.
1721–92Bailey, Frondose, leavy or full of leaves. 1793Martyn Lang. Bot., A frondose stem; applied to Palms. 1807J. E. Smith Phys. Bot. 493 Liverworts. Of these the herbage is commonly frondose. 1831Loudon Encycl. Agric. §3987 (ed. 2) 648 The branches of frondose trees. 1890H. M. Stanley Darkest Africa II. xxviii. 260 Banana groves..extended out in deep frondiose [sic] groves far into the Semliki Valley.
b. Comb., frondose-branched a., having flat branches spread horizontally like the fronds of a fern.
1831Loudon Encycl. Brit. §3987 (ed. 2) 648 Resinous or frondose-branched trees.
Hence fronˈdosely adv., fronˈdoseness.
1727Bailey vol. II, Frondoseness, leafiness. 1882Crombie in Encycl. Brit. XIV. 561/2 Thallus frondosely dilated. |