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fibrous

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of fibrous

resembling or having the texture of a mass of strings
  • thick, fibrous hair that was not easy to comb
Synonyms of fibrous

stringy
Words Related to fibrous

knotty, ropy (also ropey), thready

sinewy, wiry

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