Fimbriate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fimbriate \Fim"bri*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fimbriated}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Fimbriating}.]
     To hem; to fringe. --Fuller.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fimbriate
       adj : having a fringe of slender processes