fimbriate

Meanings

Adjective

  • Fringed, e.g. where the ends of a petal are split into two or more divisions.

Verb

  • To fringe; to hem.

Origin

  • Borrowed from Latin fimbriātus ("fibrous, fringed"), from fimbriae + -ātus.

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