1 De institutione musica ('On the Fundaments of Music', beginning of the 6th c.)  Eclectic treatise influenced by the ancient Greek treatises on the theory and ethics of music, such as those of Aristotle and Ptolemy, Pythagoras and Aristoxenus.
hempen, fibrous(adj) having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute. fibrous, sinewy, stringy, unchewable(adj) (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew.
Tissue consisting of or containing fibers in both animals and plants. Classified under: Nouns denoting body parts. Hypernyms (fibrous tissue is a kind of...): animal tissue (the tissue in the bodies of animals). plant tissue (the tissue of a plant). Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of fibrous tissue):trabecula (rod-shaped structures of fibrous tissue that divide an organ into parts (as in the penis) or stabilize the structure of an organ (as in the spleen)).yponyms (each of the following is a kind of fibrous tissue): trabecula (rod-shaped structures of fibrous tissue that divide an organ into parts (as in the penis) or stabilize the structure of an organ (as in the spleen)).