strigose

[ strahy-gohs ]

/ ˈstraɪ goʊs /

SEE MORE SYNONYMS FOR strigose ON THESAURUS.COM

adjective

Botany. set with stiff bristles of hairs; hispid.

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

Nearby words

stridulate, stridulous, strife, strigiform, strigil, strigose, strijdom, strikable, strike, strike a balance, strike a bargain

Origin of strigose

1785–95; < Latin strig(a) furrow, row of bristles (akin to stria stria) + -ose¹

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for strigose

Differs from C. bulbillosus in squamulose pileus and strigose bulb.
European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae|George Massee
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: Agaricaceae|George Massee
Differs from N. hirtipes in larger size, fibrillose stem, downy, not strigose at base.
European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae|George Massee

The stem is long and slender, rather woolly; the rim of the cap is fringed with long, strigose hairs.
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise|M. E. Hard

British Dictionary definitions for strigose

strigose

/ (ˈstraɪɡəʊs) /

adjective

botany bearing stiff hairs or bristlesstrigose leaves

zoology marked with fine closely set grooves or ridges

Word Origin for strigose

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

strigose

adjective

RELATED WORDS

Nearby words

Origin of strigose

Examples from the Web for strigose

British Dictionary definitions for strigose

strigose

adjective

Word Origin for strigose