a. [f. FIBRE + -Y1.] a. Resembling a fiber. b. Abounding in fibers.
1802. W. Forsyth, Cult. Fruit Trees, xiv. (1824), 264–5. Cut off all the small fibry roots with a knife, leaving only the stronger roots.
1881. Gard. Chron., XVI. 24 Dec., 814/3. Any tree or shrub planted in this soil would, to make a life of it, have to do the same as the Vines have done, viz., send out hundreds and thousands of fibry roots, so as to take from the soil every particle of nutriment.
1882. The Garden, XXI. 14 Jan., 31/1. To ensure success, select firm, short-jointed shoots, insert them singly in small pots filled with fibry turf.
