Definitions for fibrillose

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

fi•brilˈfaɪ brəl, ˈfɪb rəl(n.)

  1. a small or fine fiber or threadlike structure.

  2. Category: Botany

    Ref: root hair.

Origin of fibril:

1655–65; < NL <fibrilla < L fibra fiber

fi′bril•lose`(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. fibrillose(adj)

    covered with fibrils more or less evenly disposed

Webster Dictionary

  1. Fibrillose(adj)

    covered with hairlike appendages, as the under surface of some lichens; also, composed of little strings or fibers; as, fibrillose appendages


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