frondesce

frondesce
  v.i. open leaves.
   ♦ frondiferous, frondigerous, a. bearing leaves or fronds.
   ♦ frondiform, a. frond-shaped.
   ♦ frondivorous, a. feeding on leaves.
   ♦ frondose, a. having or like leaves.
   ♦ frondescence, n.
   ♦ frondescent, a.

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  • Frondesce — Fron*desce , v. i. [L. frondescere, inchoative fr. frondere. See {Frondent}.] To unfold leaves, as plants. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • frondescente — adj. 2 g. Que frondesce. = FRONDENTE …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

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