fibrous
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The more glands and fibrous tissue a person has, the denser their breasts.
From Slate • Feb. 4, 2026
She tosses carrots, celery and other fibrous treats like cucumbers on top of the branches and leaves that are reminiscent of the apes’ West Central Africa rainforest habitat.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025
When tau becomes misfolded, it starts clumping together into long, fibrous aggregates known as fibrils.
From Science Daily • Nov. 15, 2025
“When you slice open an apple, the seeds and fibrous membrane that make up the core are arranged in a pentagram — a five-pointed star,” wrote Vice back in 2016.
From Salon • Oct. 21, 2025
Annual plants therefore waste little energy on making inedible wood or fibrous stems, like the body of trees and bushes.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing fibrous
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