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fimbrillate

American  
[fim-bril-it, -eyt] / fɪmˈbrɪl ɪt, -eɪt /

adjective

Botany, Zoology.

  1. bordered by or having a small or fine fringe.

Etymology

Origin of fimbrillate

< New Latin fimbrill ( a ) little fringe ( fimbria ) + -ate 1

Example Sentences

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Corymbosely much branched; heads small, sessile, in little clusters crowded in flat-topped corymbs; the closely appressed involucral scales somewhat glutinous; receptacle fimbrillate; rays 6–20, short, more numerous than the disk-flowers; leaves narrow, entire, sessile.

From Project Gutenberg

Receptacle usually beset with fine fimbrillate chaff.

From Project Gutenberg

Fimbrillate, Fimbrilliferous, bearing small fimbri�, i. e. fimbrill�.

From Project Gutenberg

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