Of the nature of, consisting of, or resembling a thread or a mass of loose threads; thread-like, hair-like; of a root: fibrous.

Like or of the nature of tow.

Full of fibres; formed of fibres. in plants.

Consisting of thread-like parts.

Resembling string or fibre; consisting of string-like pieces. Chiefly applied to vegetable or animal tissues, esp. meat when its fibres have become…

(a) Composed of or containing filaments or thread-like parts. (b) Resembling a filament or thread; thread-like.

= fibrous, adj.

Full of fibrils; composed of fibrils.

= filamentous, adj.

Arranged in fibrils; having a fibrillar structure.

Resembling a fibre.

= fibrillated, adj.