Fibrine

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Presenting a fibrous appearance; finely divided or fringed.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Belonging to the fibers of plants.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Relating to the fibres of plants.
  • noun. Dated form of fibrin.
  • Word Usage
    "Our blood, then, contains _white of egg_; it contains in fact -- if you care to know it -- sixty-five times more white of egg than fibrine, for in 1,000 ounces of blood, you will find 195 of _albumen_, and only three of _fibrine_; of _casein_, none."
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