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fimbriate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective fimbriate has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
fimbriate, a. [L. fimbriatus fibrous, fringed, fr. fimbria fiber, fringe. See Fringe.].
Having the edge or extremity bordered by filiform processes thicker than hairs; fringed; as, the fimbriate petals of the pink; the fimbriate end of the Fallopian tube. [1913 Webster]
fimbriate, v. t.
To hem; to fringe. Fuller. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
fimbriate, adj. (also fimbriated)
1 Bot. & Zool. fringed or bordered with hairs etc.
2 Heraldry having a narrow border.
1 Bot. & Zool. fringed or bordered with hairs etc.
2 Heraldry having a narrow border.
Etymology
L fimbriatus f. fimbriae fringe
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