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Webster 1913 Edition


Fibrous

Fi′brous

(fī′brŭs)
,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
fibreux
.]
Containing, or consisting of, fibers;
as, the
fibrous
coat of the cocoanut; the
fibrous
roots of grasses.
Fi′brous-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Fibrous

FI'BROUS

, a.
1.
Composed or consisting of fibers; as a fibrous body or substance.
2.
Containing fibers. In mineralogy, a fibrous fracture, is that which presents fine threads or slender lines, either straight or curved, parallel, diverging, or stellated, like the rays of a star.

Definition 2024


fibrous

fibrous

English

Adjective

fibrous (comparative more fibrous, superlative most fibrous)

  1. Of or pertaining to fibre.

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