"Fibrilla" is a word in ENGLISH
A minute thread of fiber, as one of the fibrous elements
of a muscular fiber; a fibril.
The family is changing, not disappearing. We have to broaden our understanding of it, look for the new metaphors.
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The Manila-hemp plant (Musa textilis); also, its fiber. See Manila hemp under Manila.
Read the complete definitionabaka n {1} abaca plant: Musa textilis. {2} abaca fiber. abaka-han, abakanhan, abakal n abaca plantation. v [A3] own an …
Read the complete definitionv. /MANG-:-EN/ to weave (yarn, thread, fiber). Isu ti nangakilis diay sagut. It was he who wove the fiber. Narigat …
Read the complete definitionA plant (Macrochloa tenacissima) of North Africa; also, its fiber, used in paper making.
Read the complete definitionThe achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell-division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rodlike fibers diverging …
Read the complete definitionanabu n k. o. shrub or small tree which produces strong bark fiber of commercial importance: Abroma augusta.
Read the complete definitionPertaining to, or having the form of, a ring; forming a ring; ringed; ring-shaped; as, annular fibers.
Read the complete definitionCovered with, or composed of, soft, loose hairs or fibers, so as to resemble a cobweb; cobwebby.
Read the complete definitionA palm tree (Saguerus saccharifer) which furnishes sago, wine, and fibers for ropes; the gomuti palm.
Read the complete definitionAn interstice or small space, as between the cracks of the surface in certain crustaceous lichens; or as between the …
Read the complete definitionA variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually …
Read the complete definitionbaligtus n {1} tight knot that wont come undone. {2} thumb-sized bundle of sorted abaca fiber for weaving, knotted at …
Read the complete definitionv. /MANG-:-EN/ to beat: said of cotton and other fibers; to scutch. Batbatam dayta kapas. Beat that kapok.
Read the complete definitionbilyu n strands of fiber twisted together into a string. v [A; c1] twine hand-twisted strands into a thin rope …
Read the complete definitionn. fiber of the body; grain of wood; white vein or streak of the betel nut.
Read the complete definitionbira v {1} [AC2; c1] pull, tug at s.t. while standing still. Nagbira sila sa písì, They are having a …
Read the complete definitionbiradur n {1} screwdriver. {2} one who strips abaca fiber.
Read the complete definitionA swimming bird (Sula fiber or S. sula) related to the common gannet, and found in the West Indies, nesting …
Read the complete definitionThe woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
Read the complete definitionAn instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be …
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