Coarse and stringy (7)

I believe the answer is:

fibrous

(Other definitions for fibrous that I've seen before include "Like roughage" , "Offering lots of roughage" , "Of, or containing, filaments" , "Stringy" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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