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A decade later, now a professional camera operator, he found himself in a sunny field in Greenford, filming close up shots of Sir David releasing harvest mice on to a grass frond.

From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026

This means each frond is a major investment of resources that the plant repurposes after the leaf dies.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 29, 2024

Still, Sukkot is a joyous occasion, one that is centered on four plant species: the myrtle, willow, citron and date palm, whose frond is known as the lulav.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2023

I didn’t see it, but somebody told me Jim Cantore did get hit with a palm frond during part of his coverage.

From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2022

Closer, before his nose, every blade of grass, every bracken frond was bent, dripping and glistening.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

At one point father and baby ate grass together, the big grass fronds flickering around their heads as they chomped.

From Slate ● May 27, 2026

It looks like charcoal, but the black briquettes are actually made from plant waste: millet and sesame stalks, palm fronds and cobs.

From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026

In 1987, an elderly woman in Fort Lee, N.J., naps beside a small Christmas tree; expertly framed, her torso is blanketed by the skeleton fronds of a nearby potted palm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

Mourners have been carrying branches and palm fronds, a symbol of mourning and grief among the Luo ethnic group to which Odinga belonged.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2025

A brown patch grew and glowed, and a small flame sparkled on the dry palm fronds, caught the small branches, and began to roar.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr