stri|gose

stri|gose
stri|gose «STRY gohs, strih GOHS», adjective.
1. Botany. covered with stiff and straight bristles or hairs; hispid.
2. Zoology. marked with fine, closely set ridges, grooves, or points.
[< New Latin strigosus < striga stiff bristle < Latin, row of grain cut down, swath, stubble, related to stringere; see etym. under strigil (Cf.strigil)]

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