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striga

striga noun: a sharp bristle or hair-like scale.

Noun

striga (plural strigae)

  1. A sharp bristle or hair-like scale.
  2. A stripe or stria.
  3. The flute of a column.

striga meaning in Tamil

striga in Tamil

பல்லிச்செடி

Forms of striga

pluralstrigae

Origin of striga

Borrowed from Latin striga (“a furrow”).

Questions about striga

What does striga mean?
Striga means a sharp bristle or hair-like scale.
What is striga in Tamil?
Striga in Tamil is பல்லிச்செடி. See Striga meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is striga?
Striga is a noun.
What is the plural of striga?
The plural of striga is strigae.

Words near striga in the dictionary

  1. strifemaking
  2. strifemonger
  3. strifemongers
  4. strifes
  5. strig
  6. striga
  7. strigae
  8. strigate
  9. strigated
  10. strigeid
  11. strigeids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: striga (page history and authors); striga (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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