stri·gose (str  g s )adj. 1. Zoology Marked with fine, close-set grooves, ridges, or streaks. 2. Botany Having stiff, straight, closely appressed hair: strigose leaves. [New Latin strig sus, from striga, bristle, from Latin, windrow, furrow; see streig- in Indo-European roots.] |
strigose [ˈstraɪgəʊs]
adj
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany bearing stiff hairs or bristles strigose leaves
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) Zoology marked with fine closely set grooves or ridges
[via New Latin strigōsus, from striga a bristle, from Latin: grain cut down]
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