See Also: Strigose(medicine)
strigose(dictionary)

cadaverous (iou) and strigose (iou)


cadaverous (iou)



cadaverous adjective. LME.
[Latin cadaverosus, formed as CADAVER: see -OUS.]
Of, pertaining to, or resembling a corpse; esp. deathly pale.
cadaverously adverb M19.
cadaverousness noun M17.

strigose (iou)



strigose adjective. L18.
[mod. Latin strigosus, from Latin STRIGA: see -OSE1.]
Botany. Hispid, usu. with stiff adpressed hairs; (of a hair) stiff and adpressed. L18.
Entomology. Finely grooved or furrowed. L18.
Also strigous adjective (rare) L18.