strigose

[ strahy-gohs ]

adjective

1. Botany. set with stiff bristles of hairs; hispid.
2. Zoology. marked with fine, closely set ridges, grooves, or points.

strigose

/ ˈstraɪɡəʊs /

adjective

1. botany bearing stiff hairs or bristles

   strigose leaves

2. zoology marked with fine closely set grooves or ridges

Word History and Origins

Origin of strigose¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of strigose¹

C18: via New Latin strigōsus, from striga a bristle, from Latin: grain cut down

Example Sentences

Strī′gate, Strī′gose, having strig�: streaked; Strig′ilose, minutely strigose.

From Project Gutenberg

Strigillose, Strigose, beset with stout and appressed, stiff or rigid bristles.

From Project Gutenberg

P. campan. obtuse, with distant grooves, almost plicate, glabrous, grey then pallid; g. adnate, whitish; s. rigid, shining, hyaline or livid, base strigose not rooting; sp. 6-8 � 3-5. consimilis, Cke.

From Project Gutenberg

P. orbicular, exp. obtuse, rufous, becoming pale; g. free, much crowded; s. rufescent, apex powdered, root long, glabrous. conigena, Pers. 1-2 cm. exp. subumb. glabrous, reddish-yellow or pale; g. free, much crowded, pallid; s. 3-7 cm. pulverulent, pallid, base strigose, rooting; sp. 4-5 � 3.

From Project Gutenberg

P. 1.5-2 cm. exp. subumb. even, glabrous, brownish then pale; g. broad, snow-white; s. 5-10 cm. narrowly fistulose, straight, even, glabrous, tawny, long root strigose; sp. 5-6 � 3. var. stolonifer, Jungh.

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