fimbriate
(adjective) having a fringe of slender processes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fimbriate (not comparable)
(botany, biology) Fringed, e.g. where the ends of a petal are split into two or more divisions.
fimbriate (third-person singular simple present fimbriates, present participle fimbriating, simple past and past participle fimbriated)
To hem; to fringe.
Source: Wiktionary
Fim*bri*ate, a. Etym: [L. fimbriatus fibrous, fringed, fr. fimbria fiber, fringe. See Fringe.]
Definition: 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.
Fim"bri*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fimbriated; p. pr. & vb. n. Fimbriating.]
Definition: To hem; to fringe. Fuller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 June 2025
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
