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fimbriate

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Adjective, Verb (usu participle)
 : 
fim=bri=ate

CIDE DICTIONARY

fimbriatea. [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]
fimbriatev. 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.

Etymology
L fimbriatus f. fimbriae fringe

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