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fibrillous

fibrillous is the alternative spelling of fibrillose.

Meaning of fibrillose

Adjective

fibrillose (comparative more fibrillose, superlative most fibrillose)

  1. Covered with fibrils, such as fungi or the undersurface of some lichens.
    • lower surface typically with loose dark pink to grayish vinaceous fibrillose patches or sometimes merely white-fibrillose1985, Joseph F. Ammirati, Poisonous Mushrooms of the Northern United States and Canada, Agaricus hondensis

Forms of fibrillous

comparativemore fibrillous
superlativemost fibrillous

Origin of fibrillous

Compare French fibraleux.

Questions about fibrillous

What is fibrillous the alternative spelling of?
Fibrillous is the alternative spelling of fibrillose.

Words near fibrillous in the dictionary

  1. fibrillogenicity
  2. fibrillopathies
  3. fibrillopathy
  4. fibrillose
  5. fibrillosely
  6. fibrillous
  7. fibrillovesicular
  8. fibrilogenesis
  9. fibrilogenic
  10. fibrilogenicity
  11. fibrils

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