Definition of Fibrous

having a rubbery, chewy or leathery characteristic

Examples of Fibrous in a sentence

During the cooking competition, Chef Young needed to mix a liquid with the chopped fibrous vegetable or his pate would be too hard to chew.  🔊

In order to protect the heart, a fibrous sac surrounds the organ so that the sac is not hard as a shell but is tough to tear.  🔊

A fibrous tumor grew in my father’s brain, so the tedious surgery required the doctors to remove each elastic part of the tumor.  🔊

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