fimbriate

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

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.

Etymology

L fimbriatus f. fimbriae fringe