fimbrillate

[ fim-bril-it, -eyt ]

adjective

, Botany, Zoology.

1. bordered by or having a small or fine fringe.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fimbrillate¹

< New Latin fimbrill ( a ) little fringe ( fimbria ) + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Corymbosely much branched; heads small, sessile, in little clusters crowded in flat-topped corymbs; the closely appressed involucral scales somewhat glutinous; receptacle fimbrillate; rays 6–20, short, more numerous than the disk-flowers; leaves narrow, entire, sessile.

From Project Gutenberg

Receptacle usually beset with fine fimbrillate chaff.

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Fimbrillate, Fimbrilliferous, bearing small fimbri�, i. e. fimbrill�.

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