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DictionaryfringeOuter edge
noun / verb / adjective

fringe

FRINJ/frɪndʒ/

A border at the outer edge of something.

A thin fringe of shrubs and grasses borders the dense stand of trees.

A compact stand of leafy trees with a sparse fringe of low shrubs and grasses along its outer edge, opening onto bare white ground.
Etymology
fringeLatinthread, fringe

The threads of an ornamental fringe form a border around something. That concrete image broadened into an edge or margin, including a less central part of a group or activity.

In context

NPMS Support11:48
Some species like a grass called sea couch has actually a fringe of hairs along the edge of the sheath
Classes for Grasses Webinar for Fall into Nature with Plantlife

More examples

  • Tall grasses fringe the pond.
  • The scarf has a soft fringe of blue threads.
  • Only a few fringe groups support the proposal.

Forms

fringe · fringes · fringed · fringing

Similar words

edge
Names the outer limit, not necessarily a bordering strip.
border
Often marks a boundary or surrounds something completely.
margin
Often means an empty strip beside a main area.