frond Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad

WordNet

Frond noun
Etymology
L. frons, frondis, a leafy branch, foliage.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) The organ formed by the combination or union into one body of stem and leaf, and often bearing the fructification; as, the frond of a fern or of a lichen or seaweed; also, the peculiar leaf of a palm tree.

Webster 1913