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fibrous

  • /ˈfaɪbɹəs/

adjective more fibrous · most fibrous

  1. Of or pertaining to fibre. The black kurrajong has a fibrous bark that Aboriginal artefact-makers used as a raw material to make string for their lines and carry-bags.
  2. Containing many fibres - referring mainly to food. The prisoners sat in the sand among old rusted tins and bits of charcoal with their hands still manacled before them and the guards set out an old blue graniteware coffeepot and a stewpot of the sme material and they drank coffee and ate a dish containing some kind of pale and fibrous tuber, some ki

    Similar: stringy

  3. Having the shape of fibres.

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adj of or pertaining to fibre

Españolfibroso
Françaisfibreux
Italianofibroso
Românăfibros
Русскийволокни́стый voloknístyj

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@misc{fibrous_2026,
  title = {fibrous},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fibrous},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}