Strigose
adjective
1.
Botany. set with stiff bristles of hairs; hispid.
2.
Zoology. marked with fine, closely set ridges, grooves, or points.
adjective
1.
(botany) bearing stiff hairs or bristles: strigose leaves
2.
(zoology) marked with fine closely set grooves or ridges
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