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frondescent, a.|frɒnˈdɛsənt|
[ad. L. frondescent-em, pr. pple. of frondescĕre, freq. of frondēre to put forth leaves, f. frond-, frōns leaf.]
Springing into leaf; expanding into fronds.
1828Stark Elem. Nat. Hist. II. 435 Polypiferous masses sub-stony, with crustaceous or frondescent expansions. 1846Dana Zooph. (1848) 125 Frondescent or papillose appendages. 1858J. Martineau Stud. Chr. (1873) 411 A young frondescent life would show itself again.
Hence fronˈdescently adv.
1846Dana Zooph. (1848) 125 Tentacles papillose or frondescently lobed. |