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lim⋅bate

  [lim-beyt]
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–adjective Botany, Zoology.
bordered, as a flower in which one color is surrounded by an edging of another.
Origin:
1820–30; < LL limbātus bordered, edged. See limb 2 , -ate 1
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lim·bate   (lĭm'bāt')   
adj.   Botany
Having an edge or margin of a different color.

[Late Latin limbātus, bordered, from Latin limbus, border.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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