Fimbriate Definition
fĭmbrē-ĭt, -āt
adjective
Having a fringe of hairs, fibers, etc.
Webster's New World
Having fimbriae; fringed, as the edge of a petal or the opening of a duct.
American Heritage Medicine
verb
To hem; to fringe.
Wiktionary
Origin of Fimbriate
Latin fimbriātus from fimbriae fringe
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Latin fimbriatus (“fibrous, fringed”)
From Wiktionary
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