a. [ad L. frondescent-em, pr. pple. of frondesĕre, freq. of frondēre to put forth leaves, f. frond-, frōns leaf.] Springing into leaf; expanding into fronds.
1828. Stark, Elem. Nat. Hist., II. 435. Polypiferous masses sub-stony, with crustaceous or frondescent expansions.
1846. Dana, Zooph. (1848), 125. Frondescent or papillose appendages.
1858. J. Martineau, Stud. Chr. (1873), 411. A young frondescent life would show itself again.
Hence Frondescently adv.
1846. Dana, Zooph. (1848), 125. Tentacles papillose or frondescently lobed.
