Striga

See also: striga, strigã, strigă, and štriga

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin striga (“witch”), from Ancient Greek στρίγα (stríga), accusative of στρίξ (stríx, “owl”).

Proper noun

Striga f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Orobanchaceae – parasitic plants called witchweed.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I – clades; Lamiales – order; Orobanchaceae – family; Buchnereae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Striga lutea (Asiatic witchweed) - type species; Striga aequinoctialis, Striga angolensis, Striga angustifolia, Striga asiatica, Striga aspera, Striga bilabiata, Striga brachycalyx, Striga chrysantha, Striga curviflora, Striga dalzielii, Striga densiflora, Striga elegans, Striga ellenbergeri, Striga forbesii, Striga gastonii, Striga gesnerioides, Striga glumacea, Striga gracillima, Striga hallaei, Striga hermonthica, Striga hirsuta, Striga junodii, Striga klingii, Striga latericea, Striga lepidagathidis, Striga macrantha, Striga masuria, Striga multiflora, Striga parviflora, Striga passargei, Striga pinnatifida, Striga primuloides, Striga pubiflora, Striga squamigera, Striga sulphurea, Striga yemenica - other species

Descendants

• →⇒ Arabic: دَغَلُ السَّاحِرَة (daḡalu s-sāḥira) (calque)
• English: →⇒ witchweed (calque), → striga
• → Japanese: ストライガ (sutoraiga)
• → Russian: стри́га (stríga)

References

• Striga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Striga on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Striga on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons