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Meanings of fibrous in English

(Of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew.

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        1
        The fibrous material found in rolled oats consists almost entirely of cellulose.
        School and Home Cooking
        2
        A case of primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the lung is reported.
        Pubmed
        3
        Two cases of solitary fibrous tumor of the spinal cord are described.
        Pubmed
        4
        Accurate determination of a threshold greyscale level representing fibrous tissue is critical.
        Pubmed
        5
        This is a mass of fibrous tissue originating from a subcutaneous source.
        Swan Song
        6
        The Chinese at a remote period made paper from some fibrous material.
        Early European History
        7
        Rita's shop had great kettles where she would brew thick fibrous stew.
        The Diamond Age
        8
        The venomous juice being yellow, the whole fibrous mass takes that colour.
        Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
        9
        How to hack it Don't supplement your powders with unhealthy, fibrous food.
        Climbing Magazine
        10
        The very fibrous, skinny figure, the muscles and flesh seeming peeled off.
        The Lock and Key Library: The Most Interesting Stories of All Na...
        11
        It was made of dry bamboo-leaves, and lined with soft, fibrous material.
        The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1
        12
        On the other hand, aligned fibrous architecture stimulated formation of multinucleated myotubes.
        Pubmed
        13
        It was long and loose and fibrous and made for an adult.
        Earth Afire
        14
        Combining the histopathological and immunohistochemical features, the diagnosis was solitary fibrous tumor.
        Pubmed
        15
        As it cools, the substance stiffens into a colorless, odorless, fibrous matrix.
        Wired
        16
        Here were the old Bolton: fibrous, unyielding and a menace from set-pieces.
        The Irish Times
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