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‖ striga|ˈstraɪgə|
Pl. strigæ |ˈstraɪdʒiː|.
[L. striga furrow, swath of hay or corn, flute of a column (= stria).]
†1. Arch. = stria 1. Obs.
1771W. Newton tr. 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.).
1760J. 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. 1796Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 85 Strigæ, strong spear-shaped bristles, or thorns. 1829T. 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. 1840Paxton Bot. Dict., Strigæ, little upright, unequal, stiff hairs, swelled at their bases.
3. Ent. (See quots.)
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xlvi. IV. 290 Striga (Striga). A narrow transverse streak. 1836Shuckard tr. Burmeister's Man. Entom. 25 Striga (striga) a transverse band. |