Fibrous definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary FI'BROUS, a. 1. Composed or consisting of fibers; as a fibrous body or substance. 2. Containing fibers. In mineralogy, a fibrous fracture, is that which presents fine threads or slender lines ... in making cordage such as those of jute [syn: hempen, fibrous] 2: (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew [syn: fibrous, sinewy, stringy, unchewable] Merriam Webster's adjective Etymology: modification of ... by fibrosis c. capable of being separated into fibers < a fibrous mineral > 2. tough, sinewy < fibrous texture > Oxford Reference Dictionary ...
fibrous dysplasia of bone definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n ... is undergoing lysis is replaced by an abnormal proliferation of fibrous tissue resulting in bone lesions or skin lesions
... Dictionary STRINGY, a. 1. Consisting of strings or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as a stringy root. 2. Ropy; viscid; gluey; that ... of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew [syn: fibrous, sinewy, stringy, unchewable] 3: forming viscous or glutinous threads [syn ... est) Date: 1662 1. a. containing, consisting of, or resembling fibrous matter or string < stringy hair > b. lean and sinewy in ... Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. (stringier, stringiest) 1 (of food etc.) fibrous, tough. 2 of or like string. 3 (of a person ... stringy-bark Austral. any of various eucalyptus trees with tough fibrous bark. Derivatives: stringily adv. stringiness n. Webster's 1913 Dictionary ... String"y, a. 1. Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as, a stringy root. 2. Capable of being ...
... WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: benign tumor containing fibrous tissue (especially in the uterus) [syn: fibroid tumor, fibroid] Merriam ... s I. adjective Date: 1852 resembling, forming, or consisting of fibrous tissue < a fibroid tumor > II. noun Date: circa 1860 a benign tumor that consists of fibrous and muscular tissue and occurs especially in the uterine wall ... Reference Dictionary adj. & n. --adj. 1 of or characterized by fibrous tissue. 2 resembling or containing fibres. --n. a benign tumour of muscular and fibrous tissues, one or more of which may develop in the ... a. [L. fibra a fiber + -oid.] (Med.) Resembling or forming fibrous tissue; made up of fibers; as, fibroid tumors. -- n. ...
... wood. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees 2: the trees ... or plural in construction b. woodland 2. a. the hard fibrous substance consisting basically of xylem that makes up the greater ... growth of trees or plant with trees Britannica Concise Hard, fibrous material formed by the accumulation of secondary xylem produced by ... the world. Oxford Reference Dictionary n. 1 a a hard fibrous material that forms the main substance of the trunk or ... 2. The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous substance which composes the body of a tree and its ... in wood and stone for gods.'' --Milton. 3. (Bot.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater part of the ...
... WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: inflammation of white fibrous tissues (especially muscle sheaths) Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: New Latin, from fibrosus fibrous, from International Scientific Vocabulary fibrous Date: 1904 a rheumatic disorder of fibrous tissue; especially ; fibromyalgia Oxford Reference Dictionary n. an inflammation of fibrous connective tissue, usu. rheumatic and painful. Derivatives: fibrositic adj. Etymology: mod.L f. L fibrosus fibrous + -ITIS
... definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus ... fruits; also its fruit 2. a sponge consisting of the fibrous skeleton of the fruit of a loofah (especially Luffa aegyptiaca ... to Asia, producing edible marrow-like fruits. 2 the dried fibrous vascular system of this fruit used as a sponge. Etymology ... staminate borne in racemes, and large fruits with a dry fibrous pericarp. The fruit of several species and the species themselves ... Any plant of this genus, or its fruit. (c) The fibrous skeleton of the fruit, used as a sponge and in ...
... are long, and incomplete, and sometimes extremely minute and even fibrous. Its prevailing color is green of different shades, or shaded ... the common, the massive, the acicular, the glassy, and the fibrous. Actinolite is crystalized, asbestiform, and glassy. WordNet (r) 3.0 ... is a silicate of calcium, magnesium, and iron occurring in fibrous, radiate, or columnar forms Webster's 1913 Dictionary Actinolite Ac ... Min.) A bright green variety of amphibole occurring usually in fibrous or columnar masses. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Amphibole Am"phi ... composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also massive, generally with fibrous or columnar structure. The color varies from white to gray ...