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frondy en · ADJ

Etymology

From frond + -y.

Meanings

1. Having fronds.
   • 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. 2010, Miles Roddis, Neil Wilson, Corsica, Lonely Planet, page 75:
   • Only when he was already pulling at the frondy weed by Food Cliff did he pause. 1956, William Golding, Pincher Martin:

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