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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.