fibrousness
Quality of being stringy
Fibrousness is the quality of being fibrous—having a stringy, threadlike texture.
The term appears most often in discussions of food: celery has fibrousness, overcooked meat develops it.
The fibrousness of the mango made it unpleasant to eat.
In technical contexts, fibrousness may describe paper, wood, or tissue composition.
Structural body protein
- tendonsFibrous connective cords
- ligamentsTough tissue joining bones
- cartilageFlexible connective body tissue
- elastinProtein enabling tissue recoil
fascia · tissue · matrix · extracellular · scaffold · cytoskeleton · sinew · muscular
Indigestible food matter
- cellulosePlant wall polysaccharide
- branCereal grain husk
- bulkMain mass or size
- insolubleCannot be dissolved
soluble · psyllium · indigestible · whole-grain · vegetables · legumes · oats · barley
coarse
Rough in texture
ropy · threadlike · stranded · wiry · sinewy · gristly · leathery · woody · pithy · pulpy
cellulose
Plant wall polysaccharide
pith · rind · stalk · stem · vascular · xylem · phloem · bast · sisal · hemp
collagen
Structural body protein
- tendonsFibrous connective cords
- ligamentsTough tissue joining bones
- cartilageFlexible connective body tissue
elastin · fascia · tissue · matrix · extracellular · scaffold · cytoskeleton · sinew · muscular · sinewy
roughage
Indigestible food matter
insoluble · soluble · psyllium · indigestible · whole-grain · vegetables · legumes · oats · barley · chia
fibrousnesstenderness
Gentle, caring quality
smoothness · softness · creaminess · silkiness · butteriness
fibrousnesscrumbliness
Tendency to break into pieces
friability · homogeneity · uniformity · powderiness · brittleness
fiber, fibrous, fiberglass, fibril, fibrosis, fibrin, fibroma, fiberboard, fibrillation