frondousadj.
/ˈfrɒndəs/ Leafy (see quots.).
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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
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) A frondous flower is one which is leafy, one which produces branches charged with both leaves and flowers. Milne.
1864 J. K. James tr. T. Tasso Jerusalem Deliv. xvi. xii Among the frondous boughs.
1885 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Frondous, having branches bearing both leaves and flowers. Also, a term applied to flowers parts of which develop into leafy structures.
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