Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Frond

Frond (frond) , noun

[Latin frons, frondis, a leafy branch, foliage.]

(Botany) 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.