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

P. thin, convex, edge incurved then plane, ruguloso-striate, shining white, umbil. yellowish, subflocculose; g. distant, adnate, white, edge fimbriate; s. filiform, tinged rufescent downwards, adnate to a rufescent sclerotium.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Lower lobe of corolla fimbriate, much the largest.

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

The margin of the cap is finely fimbriate, but in old specimens these hairs are apt to become rubbed off.

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

P. convex exp. umb. pruinosely velvety, rufous brown; g. broad, rusty, edge fimbriate; s. everywhere pruinosely velvety, fuscous below, pale above; sp. 10-11 � 6. cidaris, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George