[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. Linnæus 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 Strigosely adv.
1866. Treas. Bot., 689/1. (Lithospermum) They are rough strigosely hairy herbs or undershrubs.
