fibrous : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fibrous	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fibrous adj having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute Synonym(s): hempen, fibrous (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew Synonym(s): fibrous, sinewy, stringy, unchewable
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fibrous \Fi"brous\, a. [Cf. F. fibreux.] Containing, or consisting of, fibers; as, the fibrous coat of the cocoanut; the fibrous roots of grasses. -- {Fi"brous*ness}, n.