Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, a sharp-pointed appressed bristle or hair-like scale, constituting a species of pubescence in plants.
- noun In zoology, a streak or stripe; a stria.
- noun In architecture, a flute of a column.
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Examples
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Usually called striga or witchweed, it is a parasite that lives off other plants during its first few weeks of life.
Chapter 23 1996
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Usually called striga or witchweed, it is a parasite that spends its first few weeks of life living off the juices of other species.
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COLUMBIA - When the Peace Corps sent Nate Jensen to a tiny West African village in 2005, a parasitic plant known as striga or witchweed was plaguing farmers.
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The honour of women, whether in fact or merely in fame, is protected by many severe laws, among which I shall only notice, that the calling a free woman 'striga' (witch) is severely punishable.
Roman and the Teuton Charles Kingsley 1847
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In defense of cow parsley and primrose—but strangleweed and striga are on their own.
Stow the Mower, Stop Pulling Bill Laws 2011
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It's difficult to find fans of the wandering striga or of poison ivy.
Stow the Mower, Stop Pulling Bill Laws 2011
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In defense of cow parsley and primrose—but strangleweed and striga are on their own.
Stow the Mower, Stop Pulling Bill Laws 2011
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He is happy to concede some significant weedy problems, such as the loss of arable productivity caused by striga, or witchweed, the "pretty but parasitic" plant that made its way let's be honest: somebody gave it a ride in 1956 from its native Kenya to the eastern United States, where the weed "reduced hundreds of thousands of acres of corn to stubble."
Stow the Mower, Stop Pulling Bill Laws 2011
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It's difficult to find fans of the wandering striga or of poison ivy.
Stow the Mower, Stop Pulling Bill Laws 2011
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He is happy to concede some significant weedy problems, such as the loss of arable productivity caused by striga, or witchweed, the "pretty but parasitic" plant that made its way let's be honest: somebody gave it a ride in 1956 from its native Kenya to the eastern United States, where the weed "reduced hundreds of thousands of acres of corn to stubble."
Stow the Mower, Stop Pulling Bill Laws 2011
whichbe commented on the word striga
A type of witch that thrives on the life force of children, leaving its young victims prematurely aged and weak. (from WordCraft)
May 20, 2008
reesetee commented on the word striga
Sounds related to strega.
May 21, 2008
madmouth commented on the word striga
in other contexts strix, shtriga, and strzyga
July 7, 2009