ˈfränd noun
( -s )
Etymology: Latin frond-, frons leafy branch, foliage — more at brim
1. : leaf ; especially : the leaf of a palm
beyond the dim, stirring fronds of the palm trees — Omnibook
2.
a. : a foliaceous thallus or thalloid shoot
the frond of a lichen
the fronds of duckweed
b. : the leaf of a fern whether a foliage leaf or sporophyll — see circinate , crosier 3
3. : something resembling a frond
the sensitive fronds of some complex insect antennae
the fronds of his hair were all dabbled and stiff — Edith Sitwell