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fimbriate

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fim⋅bri⋅ate

  [adj. fim-bree-it, -eyt; v. fim-bree-eyt] adjective, verb, -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
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–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.
Origin:
1480–90; < L fimbriātus fringed. See fimbria, -ate 1
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fim·bri·ate   (fĭm'brē-ĭt, -āt')   
adj.  Having fimbriae; fringed, as the edge of a petal or the opening of a duct.

[Latin fimbriātus, from fimbriae, fringe.]
fim'bri·a'tion 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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