Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fimbriate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fimbriate \Fim*bri*ate\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fimbriate \Fim"bri*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fimbriated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Fimbriating}.]
To hem; to fringe. --Fuller.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fimbriate
adj : having a fringe of slender processes
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