fibrous
adjective
containing, consisting of, or resembling fibers.
fibrously
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a word derived from
fibrous.
Example Sentences
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S. longer, equal, partly hollow, apex fibrously scaly; g. distant. var. elegans, Lindgr.
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
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
But, if broken up, the marsh-substance is flake-like, and it tears fibrously.
From The Book of the Damned by Charles Fort
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
