fibers

noun fibers

• threads — a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
• strings — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
• grains — a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
• cords — trousers, esp jeans, made of corduroy
• tendrils — a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.