fimbriation

[ fim-bree-ey-shuhn ]

nounBotany, Zoology.
  1. fimbriate or fringed condition.

  2. a fringe or fringelike part.

Origin of fimbriation

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First recorded in 1860–65, fimbriation is from the Medieval Latin word fimbriātiōn- (stem of fimbriātiō). See fimbriate, -ion

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