Fringe (noun)
Definition: A border made of hanging threads used to decorate the end of something
Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fringe
Found in: Woman Hollering Creek by Sandra Cisneros
Quote: “So tall they had to be supported with broom handles and old boards; red red cockscombs, fringed and bleeding a think menstrual color.”
The word fringed is used to describe the garden flowers colored and decorated style. It explains the red “menstrual colored” cockscombs on the edge.
