▪ I. † ˈstrigose, a.1 Obs.
[ad. L. strigōsus, lean, lank, meagre, f. striga: see striga and -ose.]
Meagre, sapless. Also fig.
| 1708 Berkeley Commonpl. Bk. Wks. 1871 IV. 478 In short, the dry, strigose, rigid way will not suffice. 1710 T. Fuller Pharm. Extemp. 231 The Juices of Herbs..correct a dry strigose Habit with mollifying Moisture. |
▪ II. strigose, a.2
(ˈstraɪgəʊs)
[ad. mod.L. strigōsus, f. L. striga (in mod.Latin uses): see striga and -ose.]
1. Bot. Covered with strigæ or stiff hairs. Also of hairs: Having the character of strigæ.
| 1793 Martyn Lang. Bot., Strigosum folium, a Strigose leaf..set with stiff lanceolate bristles. 1832 Lindley Introd. Bot. i. ii. 42 The adjective term strigose is..occasionally still employed to express a surface covered with stiff hairs. 1866 Treas. Bot. 1104/1 Strigose, covered with strigæ. Linnaeus considered this word synonymous with Hispid. 1887 W. Phillips Brit. Discomycetes 215 Covered with a very dense coat of rigid, fasciculate,..strigose hairs. |
2. Ent. Having strigæ, streaked.
| 1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xlvi. IV. 290 Strigose (Strigosa). Painted with several such streaks [sc. strigæ]. 1847 Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. v. 256 Elytra..very minutely and strigose punctulate. |
Hence ˈstrigosely adv.
| 1866 Treas. Bot. 689/1 (Lithospermum) They are rough strigosely hairy herbs or undershrubs. |