FRONDS/BOUGHS

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crazyheart

Posted on: 12/24/2011 10:06

In a book I was reading there were several mentions of this - Pine Fronds. Now I don't want to get picky but I would say that they are Pine Boughs.

What do you think - fronds or boughs?

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redbaron338

Posted on: 12/24/2011 10:45

Yes.

(Though to be honest, when I hear 'fronds' I generally think of palm branches_

MikePaterson

Posted on: 12/24/2011 10:50

I'd use "fronds" if I was talking about single leaves: like palm, banana, fern, seaweed... and "boughs" if branches were involved.

EasternOrthodox

Posted on: 12/24/2011 21:46

I too think of palms when I hear fronds. Love your new avatar!

qwerty

Posted on: 12/25/2011 07:02

(frnd)

1. The leaf of a fern.

2. A large compound leaf of a palm.

3. A leaflike thallus, as of a seaweed or lichen.

[Latin fr

ns, frond-, foliage.]

fronded adj.

frond [frɒnd]

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a large compound leaf, esp of a fern

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the thallus of a seaweed or a lichen

[from Latin frōns]

fronded adj

frondless adj

frond

(frnd)

1. A leaf of a fern or cycad, usually consisting of multiple leaflets.

2. A large, fanlike leaf of a palm tree.

3. A leaflike structure such as the thallus of a lichen or a seaweed.

EasternOrthodox

Posted on: 12/25/2011 14:23

Settles it! Pine boughs, palm fronds.

crazyheart

Posted on: 12/25/2011 17:08

Thank you EO.

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