• (a.) Covered with hairlike appendages, as the under surface of some lichens; also, composed of little strings or fibers; as, fibrillose appendages. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/fibrillose/
Fi·bril'lose adjective Covered with hairlike appendages, as the under surface of some lichens; also, composed of little strings or fibers; as, fibrillose appendages. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/24