fimbriate

[ adjective fim-bree-it, -eyt; verb fim-bree-eyt ]

adjective

1. Also fimbriated. Botany, Zoology. having a border of hairs or filiform processes.

verb (used with object)

, fim·bri·at·ed, fim·bri·at·ing.

1. Heraldry. to line (an ordinary) with a thin border of a different tincture.

fimbriate

/ ˈfɪmbrɪlɪt; -ˌeɪt; ˈfɪmbrɪɪt; -ˌleɪt /

adjective

1. having a fringed margin, as some petals, antennae, etc

Derived Forms

• ˌfimbriˈation, noun

Other Words From

• non·fim·bri·ate adjective
• non·fim·bri·at·ed adjective
• un·fim·bri·at·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of fimbriate¹

First recorded in 1480–90, fimbriate is from the Latin word fimbriātus fringed. See fimbria, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Ovules and seeds as in § 1; corolla almost rotate, with fimbriate lobes, and no appendages within; filaments villous-bearded, rarely exserted; leaves pinnatifid, the upper clasping.

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In heraldry, “fimbriate” or “fimbriated” refers to a narrow edge or border running round a bearing.

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Pileus is quite thin, spongy, fleshy, then dry; plane, hairy-tomentose, ferruginous, then blackish-brown; margin fibrous, fimbriate, internally loose and parallel, fibrous.

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The gills are close, free, narrow, white, then grayish white, the edge finely toothed or fimbriate.

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Glumes four, second glume broadly fimbriate with hairs; palea of the third glume short and deeply cleft, fourth glume awned 7.

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