frondescence

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noun

The time at which a plant unfolds its leaves.

OriginNew Latin frondescentia ← Latin frondescō →
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Meanings

nounfrondescence (countable and uncountable, plural frondescences)

plural frondescences

  1. countableuncountablebiologyThe time at which a plant unfolds its leaves.
  2. countableuncountableThe act of bursting into leaf.

    Oaks putting forth young leaves this day , and frondescence everywhere apparent, except on ash - trees and black poplars

    1848, George Luxford, Edward Newman, The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany

Origin

  1. Latinfrondescō
  2. New Latinfrondescentia
  3. Englishfrondescence

Borrowed from New Latin frondescentia, from frondescens, from Latin frondescō.

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Translations

Hungarian lombfakadás
  • lombfakadáscanopy development; leaf out
Cite this entry
APA

frondescence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frondescence

MLA

“frondescence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frondescence. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frondescence,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frondescence.

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