Containing or resembling strings, or having a fibrous, thin texture that's difficult to eat or break.
From 'string' (Old English 'streng') with the suffix '-y' meaning 'having the quality of.' Describes foods or materials with string-like fibers.
Stringy foods like celery and certain meats are stringy because of their natural fibrous structure—it's actually tough cellulose in plants and connective tissue in meat!
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