strigillose

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adjective

Set with stiff, slender bristles.

“a strigillose shrub”

OriginNew Latin strigilla ← Latin strigillosus →
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Meanings

adjectivestrigillose (comparative more strigillose, superlative most strigillose)

comparative more strigillose · superlative most strigillose

  1. biologySet with stiff, slender bristles.

    a strigillose shrub

    1 more example

    strigillose petioles

Origin

  1. Latinstrigillosus
  2. New Latinstrigilla
  3. Englishstrigillose

From New Latin strigilla, from Latin strigillosus, diminutive from strigose.

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APA

strigillose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strigillose

MLA

“strigillose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strigillose. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “strigillose,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strigillose.

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