frondescent


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fron·des·cent

(frŏn-dĕs′ənt)
adj.
Bearing, resembling, or having a profusion of leaves or fronds; leafy.
[Latin frondēscēns, frondēscent-, present participle of frondēscere, to become leafy, inchoative of frondēre, to put forth leaves, from frōns, frond-, foliage .]
fron·des′cence n.
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