fimbriate

English

Etymology

Latin fimbriatus (“fibrous, fringed”).

Adjective

fimbriate (not comparable)

  1. (botany, biology) Fringed, e.g. where the ends of a petal are split into two or more divisions.
    the fimbriate petals of the pink; the fimbriate end of the Fallopian tube

Verb

fimbriate (third-person singular simple present fimbriates, present participle fimbriating, simple past and past participle fimbriated)

  1. To hem; to fringe.
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See also

Latin

Adjective

fimbriāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of fimbriātus
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