'Fimbriate' definitions:
Definition of 'fimbriate'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having a fringe of slender processes
Definition of 'Fimbriate'
From: GCIDE
- Fimbriate \Fim"bri*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fimbriated; p. pr. & vb. n. Fimbriating.] To hem; to fringe. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Fimbriate'
From: 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]