strigose
[strahy-gohs]
adjective
Botany. set with stiff bristles of hairs; hispid.
Zoology. marked with fine, closely set ridges, grooves, or points.
Origin of strigose
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Related Words for strigose
striate, ridged, variegated, marked, striped, tore, grooved, whelked, barred, striated, strigose, streaky, brindled, linear, lineate, liny, piedExamples from the Web for strigose
Historical Examples of strigose
Differs from C. bulbillosus in squamulose pileus and strigose bulb.
European Fungus Flora: AgaricaceaeGeorge Massee
Strigillose, Strigose, beset with stout and appressed, stiff or rigid bristles.
The Elements of BotanyAsa Gray
The stem is slender, and the rim of the cup is beset with long, strigose hairs.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.George Francis Atkinson
M. gypsea differs in decurrent tooth of gills, and strigose base of stem.
European Fungus Flora: AgaricaceaeGeorge Massee
Differs from N. hirtipes in larger size, fibrillose stem, downy, not strigose at base.
European Fungus Flora: AgaricaceaeGeorge Massee
strigose
adjective
Word Origin for strigose
C18: via New Latin strigōsus, from striga a bristle, from Latin: grain cut down
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