fimbriate

American  

[fim-bree-it, -eyt, fim-bree-eyt] / ˈfɪm bri ɪt, -ˌeɪt, ˈfɪm briˌeɪt /

adjective

1. Botany, Zoology. Also fimbriated. having a border of hairs or filiform processes.

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verb (used with object)

fimbriated, fimbriating

1. Heraldry. to line (an ordinary) with a thin border of a different tincture.

fimbriate British  

/ ˈfɪmbrɪlɪt, -ˌeɪt, ˈfɪmbrɪɪt, -ˌleɪt /

adjective

1. having a fringed margin, as some petals, antennae, etc

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Other Word Forms

• fimbriation noun
• nonfimbriate adjective
• nonfimbriated adjective
• unfimbriated adjective

Etymology

Origin of fimbriate

First recorded in 1480–90, fimbriate is from the Latin word fimbriātus fringed. See fimbria, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Flowers large, solitary on long terminal peduncles, mostly 4-merous; corolla campanulate-funnel-form, its lobes usually fimbriate or erose, not crowned; a row of glands between the bases of the filaments.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

P. 4-7 cm. campan. convex, broadly umb. fibrillose then squamulose, edge fimbriate, yellowish then tinged red; g. sinuate, edge fimbriate becoming spotted or tinged red; s. 4-6 cm. fibrillose, rosy, apex white and mealy; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Ovules and seeds as in § 1; corolla almost rotate, with fimbriate lobes, and no appendages within; filaments villous-bearded, rarely exserted; leaves pinnatifid, the upper clasping.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

The gills are close, free, narrow, white, then grayish white, the edge finely toothed or fimbriate.

From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by Atkinson, George Francis

P. conico-campan. edge striate, livid-grey; g. free, crowded, white, edge fimbriate; s. equal, almost glabrous, partly hollow, colour of p., ring apical, persistent, white; volva free, sheathing, limb lobed, whitish; sp. 10-12 � 8.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George