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Most recipes will direct you to discard the dark green parts (the tough and fibrous leaves) or otherwise direct them to stock.
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Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 25 Jan. 2025
Other foods to avoid include fibrous vegetables, such as celery, onion skins, artichokes, and asparagus.
—Steven John, Architectural Digest, 21 Jan. 2025
Coir, a fibrous material made from by-products of coconut husks; it is often used as a substitute for peat.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2025
The 28-year-old was born with amniotic band syndrome, a rare condition in which fibrous bands from the amniotic sac become tangled around parts of the developing fetus.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
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Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 25 Jan. 2025
Other foods to avoid include fibrous vegetables, such as celery, onion skins, artichokes, and asparagus.
—Steven John, Architectural Digest, 21 Jan. 2025
Coir, a fibrous material made from by-products of coconut husks; it is often used as a substitute for peat.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2025
The 28-year-old was born with amniotic band syndrome, a rare condition in which fibrous bands from the amniotic sac become tangled around parts of the developing fetus.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fibrous
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More specifically, fuzzballs and stringy supermazes have emerged as a way to solve a puzzle called the black hole information paradox.—
Clara Moskowitz,
Scientific American,
7 Apr. 2025
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Their pads look deflated compared to the life rafts strapped to goalies today, the ones that make stringy 6-foot-4 bean poles look like the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Fibrous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fibrous. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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