frond
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Artisans scale the trunks with ropes and spikes to reach the greenish base of each frond.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
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
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
A coconut palm frond knotted into a cross was nailed above the picture.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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
They spent $40 million to return Casa Bonita to its heyday, down to freshly scrubbed fake palm fronds and restored vintage tilework while vowing to make the food long nicknamed “Casa No-Eat-A” actually edible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2025
The palm fronds were ignored for a while.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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