1. bearing or resembling fronds; leafy or having many leaves
Usage: botanical or formal
2. having a leaflike or feathery appearance
Usage: technical or descriptive

Examples

• The frondose ferns filled the shaded corner of the garden.
• Tropical plants are often frondose, with large, elaborate leaves.
• The frondose structure of the seaweed made it easy to identify.
• Ancient forests were dominated by frondose vegetation.
• The frondose appearance of the plant helped it blend into the jungle canopy.