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

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The first known use of fibrous was in 1597

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“Fibrous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fibrous. Accessed 30 Oct. 2020.

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