frondy

English

Etymology

From frond +‎ -y.

Adjective

frondy (comparative more frondy, superlative most frondy)

1. Having fronds.
   • 1956, William Golding, Pincher Martin:

     Only when he was already pulling at the frondy weed by Food Cliff did he pause.

   • 2010, Miles Roddis, Neil Wilson, Corsica, Lonely Planet, page 75:

     Content yourself with a pizza (€11 to €12.50), take it relatively light with one of the vast, frondy salads, or perhaps go for a plate of steaming mussels, prepared in six different ways.