frondentadj.
/ˈfrɒndənt/ Full of fronds or leaves, leafy.
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in (full) leafOE
leavedc1300
leavy?1440
leafya1522
leavish1530
leafed1552
fronded1640
folious1658
foliaceous1676
frondent1677
furnished1712
foliose1727
leaf-strewn1730
foliaged1816
foliiferous1828
frondous1828
frondiparous1866
1677 T. Harvey tr. J. Owen Epigr. I, Phœbus Tree, still frondent, flourishing.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Frondent, bringing forth Leaves.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. vii. vi. 364 That broad frondent Avenue de Versailles.
1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xi. i. 17 A real Newspaper, frondent with genial leafy speculation.
1863 Reader 7 Nov. 537 The..broad frondent banana-like leafage.
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