frondlike

comparative more frondlike · superlative most frondlike

1. Resembling or characteristic of a frond.

   The complete Eospermatopteris, as described in a paper in the journal Nature and reconstructed in the line drawing here, grew up to 25 feet or more, with shallow roots and a flared crown that consisted of flattened frondlike branches with tiny branchlets at the tips.

   2007 April 24, Henry Fountain, “That New Car Bouquet Is Intoxicating, Not Toxic”, in New York Times