fibrous
adjective
containing, consisting of, or resembling fibers.
fibrously
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a word derived from
fibrous.
Example Sentences
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P. 3-5 cm. exp. umb. plane, even, regular, livid purplish; g. crowded, thickish; s. 4-7 cm. solid, fibrously striate, brown; sp. glob.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
P. conical then exp. umb. with adpressed fibrillose scales especially at centre; g. arcuate, connected by veins, whitish, olive-rufous, finally cinnamon; s. fibrously squamulose, white then tinged pink, white above; sp. smooth.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
She was about as exotic as a flowering weed which can spring so strongly and so fibrously from slack.
From Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It by Fannie Hurst
P. 4-7 cm. compact, exp. wavy, viscid, glabrous, pale yellowish tan; g. emarginate, rather distant, pallid then cinnamon, lacrymose; s. 4-7 cm. subbulbous, white, fibrously scaly, veil evident; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
P. infundib. fibrously scaly, brownish-grey; g. fold-like, scarcely prominent, yellowish; s. slender, twisted, greyish-yellow, sulcate. carbonarius, A. and S. P. 3-6 cm. umbil. bay then blackish, striato-squamulose; g. straight, narrow, white; s.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
