The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fimbriate
Fimbriate \Fim*bri*ate\, a. [L. fimbriatus fibrous, fringed, fr. fimbria fiber, fringe. See Fringe.] Having the edge or extremity bordered by filiform processes thicker than hairs; fringed; as, the fimbriate petals of the pink; the fimbriate end of the Fallopian tube.
Fimbriate
Fimbriate \Fim"bri*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fimbriated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Fimbriating.]
To hem; to fringe.
--Fuller.
Wiktionary
fimbriate
(context botany biology English) fringed, e.g. where the ends of a petal are split into two or more divisions. v
To hem; to fringe.
WordNet
fimbriate
adj. having a fringe of slender processes
Usage examples of "fimbriate".
In thalloid forms fimbriate or lobed margins or outgrowths from the surface lead to the same result.