Definition of Fimbreate
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.
Fim"bri*ate (?), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Fimbriated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fimbriating.] To hem; to fringe.
Fuller.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (botany) fringed, e.g. where the ends of a petal are split into two or more divisions.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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