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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fimbriate \Fim"bri*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fimbriated}; p. pr & vb n. {Fimbriating}.] To hem; to fringe. --Fuller. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fimbriate adj : having a fringe of slender processes
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