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Insoluble dietary fiber, or roughage, is the indigestible, nonfermentable parts of plants — internal yard trimmings that the gut cannot break down.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2013

The saccharification being more complete, there are less intermediary and nonfermentable dextrins, and the yield of spirits is therefore increased.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891 by Various