fibrous

Speech parts

1. fibrous - Adjective

2. fibrous - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Containing, or consisting of, fibers; as, the fibrous coat of the cocoanut; the fibrous roots of grasses.

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To look at the cross-section of any plan of a big city is to look at something like the section of a fibrous tumor. Frank Lloyd Wright

Although the layers of pinacocytes and choanocytes resemble the epithelia of more complex animals, they are not bound tightly by cell-to-cell connections or a basal lamina (thin fibrous sheet underneath). Source: Internet

Between these articular surfaces is the articular disc (or meniscus), which is a biconcave, transversely oval disc composed of dense fibrous connective tissue. Source: Internet

A sago starch filter Sago is extracted from Metroxylon palms by splitting the stem lengthwise and removing the pith which is then crushed and kneaded to release the starch before being washed and strained to extract the starch from the fibrous residue. Source: Internet

Also as tufts, parallel bundles, and sheaf-like clusters of fibrous to acicular crystals, and as white, finely granular porcelaneous and waxy globular aggregates. Source: Internet

Cirrus Uncinus clouds appear as thin and fibrous like, except that they always have a hook or curl on the tip. Source: Internet

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