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Recent Examples of fibrous
Deer feces is usually small, fibrous pellets, but those pellets may form clumps.
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Steven Sullivan, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
Your hair may feel rigid, wiry, or fibrous.
—Maggie Donahue, Health, 27 Sep. 2025
Reindeer moss, used as a mulch for containerized plants, is a fibrous chartreuse lichen grazed by caribou and reindeer in Arctic lands.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
If the interior of the cork looks uneven, woody, and fibrous, it’s likely made of natural cork.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2025
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Steven Sullivan, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
Your hair may feel rigid, wiry, or fibrous.
—Maggie Donahue, Health, 27 Sep. 2025
Reindeer moss, used as a mulch for containerized plants, is a fibrous chartreuse lichen grazed by caribou and reindeer in Arctic lands.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
If the interior of the cork looks uneven, woody, and fibrous, it’s likely made of natural cork.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fibrous
stringy
Adjective
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Wash the stringy fiber off the seeds in the sink.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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Beneath the see-through number, a stringy black thong was visible.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Fibrous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fibrous. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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