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Btriga (stn'ga) n. [L. striga, a ridge, 

 furrow.] An upright, stiff, pointed 

 hair or bristle (hot.}. 



strigate (strfgat) a. [L. striga,- a 

 ridge.] Bearing strigae (bot.). 



strigills (strlj'Ilis) n, [L. stringere, 

 to scrape.] A mechanism for 

 cleaning the antennae, at the 

 junction of tibia and first tarsal 

 joint on the first leg of bees (zool.). 



strigillose (strij'ilos) a. [L. strigilla, 

 a small ridge.] Minutely strigose. 



strigose (strTg'os) a, [L. striga, a 

 ridge.] Covered with stiff hairs 

 (hot.) ; marked by small grooves 

 or furrows (zoo!.). 



striola (strio'la) n. [L. striola, a small 

 channel.] A fine narrow line or 

 streak. 



striolate (strl'olat) a. [L. striola, 

 a small channel.] Finely striate. 



strobila (strob'ila) n. [Gk. strobiles, 

 a fir cone.] A stage in the develop- 

 ment of some Scyphozoa, where 

 from a succession of annular discs 

 the embryos take the form of a 

 pile of discs which are separated 

 off in turn ; the jointed body of 

 a Tape-worm (zool.). 



strobilaceous (strob'ilashus) a. [Gk. 

 strobiles, a fir cone.] Cone- 

 shaped ; pert, or having strobiles 

 (dot.). 



strobilation (strob'ilashun) n. [Gk. 

 strobiles, a fir cone.] Reproduc- 

 tion by body - segmentation into 

 zooids, as in Coelenterates, or into 

 proglottides, as in Worms, which 

 develop into adult forms (zool.). 



strobile (strob'il) n. [Gk. strobiles, a 

 fir cone.] A strobila (zoo/.) ; a 

 spike formed of persistent mem- 

 branous bracts, each having a pistil- 

 late flower ; a cone ; an assem- 

 blage of sporophylls (dot.). 



strobiliferous (strobilifgrus) a. [Gk. 

 strobiles, a fir cone ; L. ferre, to 

 carry.] Having or producing stro- 

 biles (dot.). 



strobiloid (strob'Iloid) a. [Gk. stro- 

 biles, a fir cone ; eidos, resemblance.] 

 Strobiliform ; resembling or shaped 

 like a strobilus or cone (dot.). 



strobilus (strSb'flus) n. [Gk. strobiles, 

 a fir cone.] A strobile ; a cone (dot.). 



stroma (stro'ma) n. [Gk. stroma, 

 something spread out for lying on.] 



The transparent filmy framework 

 of red blood corpuscles (phys.) ; 

 connective tissue binding and sup- 

 porting an organ ; in the ovary, 

 a soft, vascular, reticular framework 

 in the meshes of which the ovarian 

 follicles are imbedded (anat.) ; in 

 plu. stromata, short protrusions 

 from a sclerotium, each composed 

 of hyphae, in which perithecia are 

 developed, in some Thallophytes 

 (bet.). 



stromatic (stromat'ik) a. [Gk. stroma, 

 something spread out for lying on.] 

 Pert., like, in the form or nature 

 of, a stroma ; stromatiform ; stroma- 

 tous. 



strombuliferous (strombulif'Srus) a. 

 [L. strombus, a spiral snail ; ferre, 

 to carry.] Having spirally-coiled 

 organs or structures (dot.). 



strombulifonn (strombu'llform) . 

 [L. strombus, a spiral snail ; forma, 

 shape.] Spirally coiled. 



strongyle (stron'jil), strongylon 

 (strSn'jUSn) n. [Gk. stronggylos, 

 globular.] A two-rayed rod sponge 

 spicule (zool.). 



strophiolate (strof'Tolat) a. [L. stro- 

 phiolum, a small garland.] Having 

 excrescences round the hilum (dot.). 



strophioles (strof'iolz) n. plu. [L. 

 strophiolum, a small garland.] 

 Small excrescences arising from 

 various parts of a seed testa, never 

 developed before fertilization (dot.). 



structural (structural) a. [L. struere, 

 to build.] Pert, the structure or 

 build of an organism as distinct 

 from its function (biol.). 



struma (stroom'a) n. [L. strunia, a 

 scrofulous tumour.] A swelling 

 on a plant organ (bet.). 



strumiferous (stroomife'rus) a. [L. 

 struma, a scrofulous tumour ; ferre, 

 to carry.] Having a struma or 

 strumae (dot.). 



strumiform (stroom'iform) a. [L. 

 struma, a scrofulous tumour ; forma, 

 shape.] Cushion-like. 



strumose (stroom'os), strumulose 

 (stroom'ulos) a. [L. struma, a 

 tumour.] Having small cushion- 

 like swellings (dot.). 



stupeous (stu'peus), stupose (stu'pos) 

 a. [L. stupa, tow.] Tow-like ; 

 having a tuft of matted filaments. 



