Having a fringe or fringes; bordered or edged with hanging threads, strips, or hair-like structures.
Past participle of 'fringe' used as an adjective. 'Fringe' comes from Old French 'fringe,' possibly from Latin 'fimbria' meaning border or edge. The adjective form emerged in the 16th-17th centuries.
Fringed is everywhere in nature—plants have fringed petals, animals have fringed fins, insects have fringed wings. Evolution keeps using fringes because they increase surface area for sensing, moving, or filtering. One design, endless applications.
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