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frondose

frondose adjective: leafy.

Adjective

frondose (comparative more frondose, superlative most frondose)

  1. Leafy.
  2. Possessing a frond, not discoid.

Forms of frondose

comparativemore frondose
superlativemost frondose

Origin of frondose

Borrowed from Latin frondōsus.

Words formed from frondose

Questions about frondose

What does frondose mean?
Frondose means leafy.
What part of speech is frondose?
Frondose is an adjective.

Words near frondose in the dictionary

  1. frondlet
  2. frondlets
  3. frondlike
  4. frondomorph
  5. frondomorphs
  6. frondose
  7. frondosely
  8. frondoside
  9. frondosides
  10. frondous
  11. fronds

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