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fimbriate

[adj. fim-bree-it, -eyt; v. fim-bree-eyt]

fim·bri·ate

[adj. fim-bree-it, -eyt; v. fim-bree-eyt] adjective, verb, fim·bri·at·ed, fim·bri·at·ing.
adjective
1.
Also, fim·bri·at·ed. Botany, Zoology. having a border of hairs or filiform processes.
verb (used with object)
2.
Heraldry. to line (an ordinary) with a thin border of a different tincture.

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Fimbriate is always a great word to know.
So is green algae. Does it mean:
group of mostly aquatic eukaryotic organisms which conduct photosynthesis and make their own food
phase in plant life which begins with a spore produced by meiosis

Origin:
1480–90; < Latin fimbriātus fringed. See fimbria, -ate1

non·fim·bri·ate, adjective
non·fim·bri·at·ed, adjective
un·fim·bri·at·ed, adjective
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fimbriate, fimbriated or fimbrillate (ˈfɪmbrɪɪt, -ˌeɪt, ˈfɪmbrɪlɪt, -ˌleɪt)
 
adj
having a fringed margin, as some petals, antennae, etc
 
fimbriated, fimbriated or fimbrillate
 
adj
 
fimbrillate, fimbriated or fimbrillate
 
adj
 
fimbri'ation, fimbriated or fimbrillate
 
n

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fimbriate fim·bri·ate (fĭm'brē-ĭt, -āt') or fim·bri·at·ed (-ā'tĭd)
adj.
Having fimbriae.


fim'bri·a'tion n.

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