frondĕo, ēre, v. n. [1. frons],
to have or put forth leaves , to be in leaf , to become green : cum jam per terras frondent atque omnia florent, Lucr. 5, 214: nunc frondent silvae, Verg. E. 3, 57; Ov. Am. 2, 6, 49: vitis multa materia frondens, Col. 3, 1, 5: frondentia arbuta, Verg. G. 3, 300: examen ramo frondente pependit, id. A. 7, 67; for which: frondenti tempora ramo Implicat, id. ib. 135: frondens campus, Luc. 6, 83: frondere Philemona Baucis, Baucida conspexit senior frondere Philemon, Ov. M. 8, 714 sq.: frondem ac flores addidit; Non lanas, sed velatas frondentes comas, i. e. crowned with leaves , Poët. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 24.