strigose

American  

[strahy-gohs] / ˈstraɪ goʊs /

adjective

1. Botany. set with stiff bristles of hairs; hispid.

2. Zoology. marked with fine, closely set ridges, grooves, or points.

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strigose British  

/ ˈstraɪɡəʊs /

adjective

1. botany bearing stiff hairs or bristles

   strigose leaves

2. zoology marked with fine closely set grooves or ridges

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Etymology

Origin of strigose

1785–95; < Latin strig ( a ) furrow, row of bristles (akin to stria stria ) + -ose ¹

Example Sentences

P. exp. reddish brown, then tan colour, becoming lacunose, margin striate; g. adnexed, seceding, pallid then rufescent; s. 3-5 cm. villosely downy, lower portion coarsely strigose, yellowish; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 2-5 cm. oval then camp. striate to middle, disc blackish-violet, margin paler, becoming pale; g. adnate; s. 4-7 cm. even, glabrous, base strigose, dark coloured; sp. 11-12 � 6.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. hemispher.-exp. obtuse, even when dry; g. with decur. tooth, crowded, distinct, joined to a collar; s. even, glabrous, lubricous, base strigose.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 7-15 cm. fleshy, shell-shaped, ascending, blackish then grey or pallid; g. rather distant, anastomosing behind, pallid; s. widening into p. very short, downy or strigose at base; sp. 10-12 � 4-5.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. thin, convex, exp. often papillate, glabrous, pellucidly striate; g. deeply decur. connected by veins at base; s. splitting into fibres, glabrous, base rooting, strigose; sp. 9-11 � 4.5-5. bullula, Brig.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George