fimbriate

American  

[fim-bree-it, -eyt, fim-bree-eyt] / ˈfɪm bri ɪt, -ˌeɪt, ˈfɪm briˌeɪt /

adjective

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

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verb (used with object)

fimbriated, fimbriating

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

fimbriate British  

/ ˈfɪmbrɪlɪt, -ˌeɪt, ˈfɪmbrɪɪt, -ˌleɪt /

adjective

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

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Other Word Forms

• fimbriation noun
• nonfimbriate adjective
• nonfimbriated adjective
• unfimbriated adjective

Etymology

Origin of fimbriate

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

Example Sentences

In thalloid forms fimbriate or lobed margins or outgrowths from the surface lead to the same result.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

The winter-bud is an aggregate of minute buds, each concealed in the axil of a primary leaf converted into a scarious, more or less fimbriate, bud-scale.

From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell

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

From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by Atkinson, George Francis

P. conico-campan. edge striate, livid-grey; g. free, crowded, white, edge fimbriate; s. equal, almost glabrous, partly hollow, colour of p., ring apical, persistent, white; volva free, sheathing, limb lobed, whitish; sp. 10-12 � 8.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Lower lobe of corolla fimbriate, much the largest.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa