About The Word Fimbriate
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Fimbriate
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What's The Definition Of Fimbriate?
[adj] having a fringe of slender processes
Synonyms | Synonyms for Fimbriate: rough Related Terms | Find terms related to Fimbriate: See Also | Fimbriate In Webster's Dictionary \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. |
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