Lexicon of Morphological Derivations and Textural Descriptions

• Stringy — Containing many threads, long, tough, and resistant fibers that are difficult to chew or separate; fibrous, filamentous. In botany and culinary terms, it describes vegetables or fruits that have passed their optimal maturity and developed woody filaments. Figuratively, it characterizes a lean person with dense, fibrous muscles, or behaviorally, a stubborn, rigid, difficult individual.