fibrous

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective fibrous has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

fibrousa. [Cf. F. fibreux.].
     Containing, or consisting of, fibers; as, the fibrous coat of the cocoanut; the fibrous roots of grasses.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

fibrous, adj. consisting of or like fibres.

Derivative
fibrously adv. fibrousness n.

THESAURUS

fibrous

capillary, cartilaginous, chewy, cirrose, cirrous, cohesive, coriaceous, durable, fibered, fibroid, flagelliform, flossy, funicular, gossamery, gristly, hairlike, hairy, hard, hardy, lasting, leatherlike, leathery, ligamental, resistant, ropy, silky, sinewy, stiff, stringy, strong, stubborn, taeniate, taeniform, tenacious, threadlike, thready, tough, tough as leather, untiring, vigorous, viscid, wiry

ROGET THESAURUS

fibrous

Filament

N filament, line, fiber, fibril, funicle, vein, hair, capillament, cilium, cilia, pilus, pili, tendril, gossamer, hair stroke, veinlet, venula, venule, wire, string, thread, packthread, cotton, sewing silk, twine, twist, whipcord, tape, ribbon, cord, rope, yarn, hemp, oakum, jute, strip, shred, slip, spill, list, band, fillet, fascia, ribbon, riband, roll, lath, splinter, shiver, shaving, beard, ramification, strand, filamentous, filamentiferous, filaceous, filiform, fibrous, fibrillous, thread-like, wiry, stringy, ropy, capillary, capilliform, funicular, wire-drawn, anguilliform, flagelliform, hairy, taeniate, taeniform, taenioid, venose, venous.


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