Definition of "strigose" [stri•gose]

• Zoology Marked with fine, close-set grooves, ridges, or streaks. (adjective)
• Botany Having stiff, straight, closely appressed hair: strigose leaves. (adjective)

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• "The stem is slender, and the rim of the cup is beset with long, strigose hairs."
• "The = pileus = is tough, reddish or reddish brown or leather color, hairy or sometimes strigose, the margin incurved."