Part 4602

<h1>Frond</h1> <Xpage=598>

<hw>Frond</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>frons</ets>, <ets>frondis</ets>, a leafy branch, foliage.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The organ formed by the combination or union into one body of stem and leaf, and often bearing the fructification; <as>as, the <ex>frond</ex> of a fern or of a lichen or seaweed</as>; also, the peculiar leaf of a palm tree.</def>

<h1>Frondation</h1> <Xpage=598>

<hw>Fron*da"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>frondatio</ets>, from <ets>frons</ets>. See <er>Frond</er>.]</ety> <def>The act of stripping, as trees, of leaves or branches; a kind of pruning.</def>

<i>Evelyn.</i>

<h1>Fronde</h1> <Xpage=598>

<hw>Fronde</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(F. Hist.)</fld> <def>A political party in France, during the minority of Louis XIV., who opposed the government, and made war upon the court party.</def>

<h1>Fronded</h1> <Xpage=598>

<hw>Frond"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Furnished with fronds.</def> "Fronded palms."

<i>Whittier.</i>

<h1>Frondent</h1> <Xpage=598>

<hw>Fron"dent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>frondens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>frondere</ets> to put forth leaves. See <er>Frond</er>.]</ety> <def>Covered with leaves; leafy; <as>as, a <ex>frondent</ex> tree</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Frondesce</h1> <Xpage=598>

<hw>Fron*desce"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>frondescere</ets>, inchoative fr. <ets>frondere</ets>. See <er>Frondent</er>.]</ety> <def>To unfold leaves, as plants.</def>

<h1>Frondescence</h1> <Xpage=598>

<hw>Fron*des"cence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The time at which each species of plants unfolds its leaves.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The act of bursting into leaf.</def>

<i>Milne. Martyn.</i>

<h1>Frondeur</h1> <Xpage=598>

<hw>Fron"deur`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(F. Hist.)</fld> <def>A member of the Fronde.</def>

<h1>Frondiferous</h1> <Xpage=598>

<hw>Fron*dif"er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>frondifer frons</ets> a leafy branch + ferre to bear: cf. F. <ets>frondifere</ets>.]</ety> <def>Producing fronds.</def>

<h1>Frondlet</h1> <Xpage=598>

<hw>Frond"let</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A very small frond, or distinct portion of a compound frond.</def>

<h1>Frondose</h1> <Xpage=598>

<hw>Fron*dose"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>frondosus</ets> leafy.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Frond bearing; resembling a frond; having a simple expansion not separable into stem and leaves.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Leafy.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Frondous</h1> <Xpage=598>

<hw>Fron"dous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Frondose.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>