fronds

Fern's feathery blades

Fronds are the large, divided leaves of ferns and palms—the feathery or fan-shaped foliage that gives these plants their distinctive appearance.

The word emphasizes the leaf's compound structure, with multiple leaflets branching from a central stem: sunlight filtered through the fronds, palm fronds swaying in the breeze.

palm

coconut

Hard-shelled tropical drupe

  • dateSpecific day or outing
  • fan palmPalm with radiating fronds
  • phoenixSelf-immolating, regenerating bird

sago · rattan · pinnate · palmate · rachis · crown · swaying · beachfront · oasis · thatching

tropical

jungle

Dense tropical forest

  • rainforestWet tropical woodland ecosystem
  • exoticStrikingly unusual, foreign-seeming
  • lushRichly abundant in growth

verdant · canopy · humid · paradise · island · lagoon · resort · poolside · botanical · greenhouse

fern

fiddlehead

Unfurling fern frond

  • brackenCoarse, spreading fern
  • rhizomeHorizontal underground plant stem
  • sporesAsexual reproductive bodies

stipe · pinnae · unfurling · woodland · understory · shade-loving · epiphytic · terrestrial · vascular · gametophyte

decorative

arrangement

Ordered configuration or agreement

  • vaseOrnamental container for flowers
  • bouquetArranged cluster of blooms
  • greeneryCollective plant life

accent · filler · wedding · centerpiece · garland · wreath · dried · pressed · artificial · silk

Categories
Opposites
plant part type

frondsroots

Underground nutrient absorbers

stems · trunks · petals · flowers · bark

presence/absence

frondsleafless

Having no foliage

stripped · bare · barren · denuded

Phrases
Family

frond, fronded

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G