fimbria
Often fimbriae. Botany, Zoology. a fringe or fringed border.
Origin of fimbria
1Other words from fimbria
- fim·bri·al, adjective
Words Nearby fimbria
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use fimbria in a sentence
fimbria treated most cruelly all the people of Asia who had revolted from Rome or sided with Sulla.
One of the fimbriae, the fimbria Ovarica, is longer than the others, and it forms a shallow gutter which extends to the ovary.
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation | Austin O'MalleyThe soldiers of fimbria, with the most revolting faithlessness, revolted to Sulla, who was now master of Asia.
The Comic History of Rome | Gilbert Abbott BecketIt was fear of fimbria that made Mithridates more inclined to make a friend of Sulla.
Plutarch's Lives, Volume II | Aubrey Stewart & George Longfimbria seeing that his soldiers had deserted him, and fearing Sulla's unforgiving temper, committed suicide in the camp.
Plutarch's Lives, Volume II | Aubrey Stewart & George Long
British Dictionary definitions for fimbria
/ (ˈfɪmbrɪə) /
anatomy a fringe or fringelike margin or border, esp at the opening of the Fallopian tubes
Origin of fimbria
1Derived forms of fimbria
- fimbrial, adjective
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse