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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

fimbriatus

fibrous, fringed, fr.

fimbria

fiber, fringe. See

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.

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Fimbriated

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Fimbriating

To hem; to fringe.

Fuller.

Adj.

[L. fimbria, a border or fringe.]

In botany, fringed; having the edge surrounded by hairs or bristles.

Verb.

To hem; to fringe.