frondy

English

Etymology

frond +‎ -y

Adjective

frondy (comparative more frondy, superlative most frondy)

  1. Having fronds.
    • 1956, William Golding, Pincher Martin:
      Only when he was already pulling at the frondy weed by Food Cliff did he pause.
    • 2010, Miles Roddis, Neil Wilson, Corsica, Lonely Planet, page 75:
      Content yourself with a pizza (€11 to €12.50), take it relatively light with one of the vast, frondy salads, or perhaps go for a plate of steaming mussels, prepared in six different ways.
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