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.
More About Fibrous root system. 1  The fibrous roots are thin, of more or less similar size, width and more in number. 2  The fibrous root system is also known as Diffuse root system or fasciculate root system.  The first root that germinates from the seed is known as radical.