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[frond] / frɒnd /


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A decade later, now a professional camera operator, he found himself in a sunny field in Greenford, filming close up shots of Sir David releasing harvest mice on to a grass frond.

From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026

You could probably get away with giving this gift to both the plant lover on your list and/or that special someone who genuinely fears the forbidden frond.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2024

This means each frond is a major investment of resources that the plant repurposes after the leaf dies.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 29, 2024

I didn’t see it, but somebody told me Jim Cantore did get hit with a palm frond during part of his coverage.

From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2022

It peppered in bursts against the frond roof, and I could hear the drips as it leaked through.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor

At Rosewood’s three hotels located throughout New Zealand, the chefs honor this ethically sourced ethos, working with local purveyors and farmers to source indigenous ingredients like beach spinach, fern fronds and abalone.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026

At one point father and baby ate grass together, the big grass fronds flickering around their heads as they chomped.

From Slate ● May 27, 2026

In February there is not much to see yet, just thin fronds that will become metre-long blades by spring.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

It looks like charcoal, but the black briquettes are actually made from plant waste: millet and sesame stalks, palm fronds and cobs.

From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026

Darker still, almost black, were the mats of water moss, their thick masses motionless on the bed of the river and only the trailing fronds waving slowly from side to side.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams




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