fibrous

adjective fi·brous \ ˈfī-brəs \

|Updated on: 31 May 2018

Examples: fibrous in a Sentence

Definition of fibrous

1 a : containing, consisting of, or resembling fibers

b : characterized by fibrosis

c : capable of being separated into fibers

a fibrous mineral

2 : tough, sinewy

fibrous texture

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Examples of fibrous in a Sentence

He had surgery to remove fibrous scar tissue in his knee.
thick, fibrous hair that was not easy to comb

Recent Examples of fibrous from the Web

Individuals working with tough, fibrous material, Frayer reasoned, could have held it between their teeth and one hand, then used an edged stone tool to saw off a small piece with the other hand.

— gemma tarlach, Discover Magazine, "Was Science Wrong About Being Right?," 18 May 2018
Cut off spiny tops of artichokes, snap off dark green outer leaves down to tender yellowish ones, and trim fibrous outer layer of stem.

— Sunset, "Composed Mediterranean Salad," 22 Jan. 2018
Likewise, horses fart so much because their diet is mostly plant-based, and their fibrous food gets digested through fermentation in the back half of their digestive tract.

— brian resnick, Vox, "Farts: which animals do, which don’t, and why," 3 Apr. 2018
Despite her annual mammogram revealing no malignancies, Joan's doctor also administered an ultrasound—a common practice in women with dense fibrous breast tissue.

— lauren le vine, Redbook, "Joan Lunden Opens Up About Breast Cancer Diagnosis," 24 June 2014
Evidence of the shift is everywhere in the Medicilândia region, where barren pastures have given way to shady plantations of cocoa trees bearing yellow and ruby pods, the fibrous protective coverings for the cocoa beans.

— marcy nicholson and marcelo teixeira, The Christian Science Monitor, "Brazil plants chocolate forests to save the Amazon," 12 Apr. 2018
The body needs vitamin C to form collagen which is the fibrous protein part of the bone.

— chicagotribune.com, "Feed your bones with these crucial foods," 1 Apr. 2018
Hu and his team had been working on nanocellulose, the nano-sized versions of the fibrous material that makes plants and trees rigid.

— emily matchar, Smithsonian, "Could ‘Nanowood’ Replace Styrofoam?," 26 Mar. 2018
Asbestos is the name given to a type of fibrous mineral, that was once used in electrical and building insulation, and cement according to the National Cancer Institute.

— suzannah weiss, Teen Vogue, "Asbestos Reportedly Found in Claire's Makeup, Study Says," 14 Mar. 2018

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