HORTICULTURE

HORTICULTURE SCIENCE

PLANT BIOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is a simple definition of frond?
A
Carries water through the plant
B
Carries nutrients through the plant
C
Leaf inside the seed
D
Leaf on a fern
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Leaves. The leaves of ferns are often called fronds. Fronds are usually composed of a leafy blade and petiole (leaf stalk). Leaf shape, size, texture and degree of complexity vary considerably from species to species.

Detailed explanation-2: -Frond. The leaf of a fern. These are called fronds to distinguish them from the leaves of flowering plants. Leaves in flowering plants are purely concerned with photosynthesis whereas fern fronds have both a photosynthetic function and a reproductive function.

Detailed explanation-3: -Frond is a form of leaf which is commonly found in ferns. It has a basic structure of a long leave that has a pinnately compound leaf structure.

Detailed explanation-4: -Fern leaves are often called fronds, the stalk of the leaf is called the stipe or petiole.

Detailed explanation-5: -A compound leaf-that is, a leaf with many fine and deep divisions-is a frond, such as on ferns and palm trees. Although commonly referring to the leafy part of a fern or palm, the noun frond can also refer to anything that has a similar shape to a palm frond or fern frond.

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