fimbriate
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2ADJ.
pink
FIMBRIATE + NOUN
petals
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verb
To fringe; to hem.
To apply a thin border (a fimbriation) to some element, often to satisfy the rule of tincture.
Beſides the divers tricking or dreſſing, as piercing, voiding, fimbriating, ingrailing, couping: And in fanſie and devices there is ſtill a plus ultrá; inſomuch that Croſſes alone as they are variouſly diſguiſed, are enough to diſtinguiſh all the ſeverall families of Gentlemen in England.
adj
Fringed, e.g. where the ends of a petal are split into two or more divisions.
the fimbriate petals of the pink; the fimbriate end of the Fallopian tube
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2Beſides the divers tricking or dreſſing, as piercing, voiding, fimbriating, ingrailing, couping: And in fanſie and devices there is ſtill a plus ultrá; inſomuch that Croſſes alone as they are variouſl
Wiktionarythe fimbriate petals of the pink; the fimbriate end of the Fallopian tube
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