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

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.

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P. convexo-plane, broadly and obtusely umb. pallid grey; with thin hoary tomentum; g. crowded, whitish then dingy, broadest behind; s. equal, often curved, pallid, base strigose; sp.

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P. 2-3 cm. subumb. even, brownish olive then pale; g. adnexed, edge flocculent, orange; s. 2-4 cm. base ventricose and strigose; sp. ——. elegans, Pers.

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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.

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