Word Meanings - FRONDESCENCE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The time at which each species of plants unfolds its leaves. The act of bursting into leaf. Milne. Martyn.

Related words: (words related to FRONDESCENCE)

• BURSTEN
  p. p. of Burst, v. i.
• SPECIES
  A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes,
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• BURSTER
  One that bursts.
• BURST
  berstan (pers. sing. berste, imp. sing. bærst, imp. pl. burston, p.p. borsten); akin to D. bersten, G. bersten, OHG. brestan, OS. brestan, 1. To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• LEAVES
  pl. of Leaf.
• BURSTWORT
  A plant supposed to be valuable for the cure of hernia or rupture.
• SUNBURST
  A burst of sunlight.
• CLOUD-BURST
  A sudden copious rainfall, as the whole cloud had been precipitated at once.
• PARKLEAVES
  A European species of Saint John's-wort; the tutsan. See Tutsan.
• UPBURST
  The act of bursting upwards; a breaking through to the surface; an upbreak or uprush; as, an upburst of molten matter.
• INBURST
  A bursting in or into.
• OUTBURST
  A bursting forth.
• ABURST
  In a bursting condition.
• SUBSPECIES
  A group somewhat lessdistinct than speciesusually are, but based on characters more important than those which characterize ordinary varieties; often, a geographical variety or race.
• THUNDERBURST
  A burst of thunder.