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Frond vs Frondlike - What's the difference?

frond | frondlike |

As a noun frond

is (botany) the leaf of a fern, especially a compound leaf.

As an adjective frondlike is

resembling or characteristic of a frond.

frond

English

(wikipedia frond)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (botany) The leaf of a fern, especially a compound leaf.
  • Any fern-like leaf or other object resembling a fern leaf.

    • frondlike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling or characteristic of a frond.
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    • , passage=The complete Eospermatopteris, as described in a paper in the journal Nature and reconstructed in the line drawing here, grew up to 25 feet or more, with shallow roots and a flared crown that consisted of flattened frondlike branches with tiny branchlets at the tips. }}