a. [ad. L. frondent-em, pr. pple. of frondēre to put forth leaves.] Full of fronds or leaves, leafy.
1677. T. Harvey, trans. Owens Epigr., III. No. 118. I, Phœbus Tree, still frondent, flourishing.
1727. Bailey, vol. II., Frondent, bringing forth Leaves.
1837. Carlyle, Fr. Rev., I. VII. vi. That broad frondent Avenue de Versailles. Ibid. (1864), Fredk. Gt., XI. i. (1865), IV. 12. A real Newspaper, frondent with genial leafy speculation.
1863. Reader, 7 Nov., 537. The ... broad frondent banana-like leafage.