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fibrous

adjective as in stringy

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What happens is that the inflammation of the liver triggered by the infection causes it to contract and it becomes a fibrous blob.

But this paper was a very tough, fibrous substance, and would resist quite a heavy blow as well as keep out the cold.

“Fibrous” applies metaphorically to mental qualities; it means strong, sinewy—high talents, just below genius.

The essential point in which it differs from any other known mineral consists in its being at once fibrous and textile.

At Rockhausen, not far from Erfurth, in Prussia, there fell a great quantity of a fibrous matter resembling human hair.

The larger ropes used by them, two inches in diameter, were made from the fibrous roots of the spruce.

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On this page you'll find 24 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to fibrous, such as: hairy, coarse, fibroid, muscular, pulpy, and ropy.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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