Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
having a fringe of slender processes;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fimbriate \Fim"bri*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fimbriated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Fimbriating.]
To hem; to fringe. --Fuller.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fimbriate
adj 1: having a fringe of slender processes