frondescent (frondesent)

[= F. frondes cent =Sp. frondescente, frondeur (fron-dėr'), n. [F., lit. a slinger, frondiferous (fron-dif'e-rus), a. [= F. frond i fère = Sp. frondifero = Pg. It. frondifero, frond i form (fron'di-form), a. [L. frons ( frond ), a leafy branch (see frond), + form a, form.] Resembling a frond, as of a fern; having stem and leaves fused in one. frond i parous (fron-dip'a-rus), a. [