strigose
Americanadjective
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Botany. set with stiff bristles of hairs; hispid.
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Zoology. marked with fine, closely set ridges, grooves, or points.
adjective
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botany bearing stiff hairs or bristles
strigose leaves
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zoology marked with fine closely set grooves or ridges
Etymology
Origin of strigose
1785–95; < Latin strig ( a ) furrow, row of bristles (akin to stria stria ) + -ose 1
Example Sentences
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Strī′gate, Strī′gose, having strig�: streaked; Strig′ilose, minutely strigose.
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Strigillose, Strigose, beset with stout and appressed, stiff or rigid bristles.
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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.
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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.
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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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