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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