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Fimbriate

Fimbriate Meaning & Definition
Fimbriate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fimbriate?

[adj] having a fringe of slender processes

Synonyms | Synonyms for Fimbriate: rough

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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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