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fimbriate


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Fimbriate  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Fimbriate  \Fim"bri*ate\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Fimbriated};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Fimbriating}.] 
  To  hem;  to  fringe.  --Fuller. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  fimbriate 
  adj  :  having  a  fringe  of  slender  processes 




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