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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : fahy-bruh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfaɪ brəs |
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Définition of fibrous
Origin :- 1620s, from Modern Latin fibrosus, from Latin fibra (see fiber).
- adj stringy
- The stem is fleshy, fibrous, sometimes waxy, continuous with the pileus.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
- The veil is often wanting, but when present is fibrous and fugacious.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
- The stem is fleshy, fibrous, and of the same character as the cap.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
- He saw what seemed to be a man dressed in a long, fibrous garment.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 » by Various
- The nut itself is enveloped in a fibrous shell, like the cocoa-nut.
- Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman
- That is why it is always so fibrous and divided and entangled in the clinging earth.
- Extract from : « Proserpina, Volume 1 » by John Ruskin
- The lines used had been made by themselves from the fibrous husk of the cocoa-nut.
- Extract from : « The Lonely Island » by R.M. Ballantyne
- The nature of the bark is known by its splintery, fibrous, or corky texture.
- Extract from : « On the Banks of the Amazon » by W.H.G. Kingston
- From the fibrous stem of this plant the manilla hemp is manufactured.
- Extract from : « In the Eastern Seas » by W.H.G. Kingston
- We had soon torn off the fibrous covering, and knocked a hole in one of the eyes.
- Extract from : « In the Eastern Seas » by W.H.G. Kingston
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