[ad. mod.L. frondescentia, f. L. frondescent-em: see next and -ENCE.] (a) The process or period of coming into leaf. (b) The conversion or development of other organs into leaves. (c) Fronds or leaves collectively.
[1793. Martyn, Lang. Bot., Frondescentia, leafing season … the time of the year when plants first unfold their leaves].
1841. Maunder, Sci. & Lit. Treas., Frondescence, in botany, the precise time of the year and month in which each species of plant unfolds its leaves.
1888. Harper’s Mag., July, LXXVII. 216. Nearly as bright are the masses of pommecannelle frondescence, the groves of lemon and orange.
