fibre
noun
[ ˈfʌɪbə ]
• a thread or filament from which a vegetable tissue, mineral substance, or textile is formed.
• "the basket comes lined with natural coco fibres"
• dietary material containing substances such as cellulose, lignin, and pectin, that are resistant to the action of digestive enzymes.
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘lobe of the liver’, (plural) ‘entrails’): via French from Latin fibra ‘fibre, filament, entrails’.
