Pl. strigæ. [L. striga furrow, swath of hay or corn, flute of a column (= stria).]
† 1. Arch. = STRIA 1. Obs.
1771. W. Newton, trans. Vitruvius’ Archit., III. iii. (1791), 64. The strigæ of the columns are in number twenty-four.
2. Bot. A row of stiff bristles; now, a stiff bristle (chiefly pl.).
1760. J. Lee, Introd. Bot., III. xviii. (1765), 213. Strigæ, with their stiff Bristles, are of use to prevent Plants from being bruised and destroyed by Vermin.
1796. Withering, Brit. Plants (ed. 3), I. 85. Strigæ, strong spear-shaped bristles, or thorns.
1829. T. Castle, Introd. Bot., 109. The bristles of plants have also received other denominations … a. Striga, or stiff-bristles—that variety of the awl-shaped, which are seen in the common borage.
1840. Paxton, Bot. Dict., Strigæ, little upright, unequal, stiff hairs, swelled at their bases.
3. Ent. (See quots.)
1826. Kirby & Sp., Entomol., xlvi. IV. 290. Striga (Striga). A narrow transverse streak.
1836. Shuckard, trans. Burmeister’s Man. Entom., 25. Striga (striga) a transverse band.
