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Striga, commonly known as witchweed, [1] is a genus of parasitic plants that occur naturally in parts of Africa, Asia, and Australia. It is currently classified in the family Orobanchaceae , [ 2 ] although older classifications place it in the Scrophulariaceae . [ 3 ]
Strzyga, an artistic vision by Filip Gutowski.Excerpt from The Sarmatian Bestiarium by Janek Sielicki. Strzyga (Polish pronunciation: [ˈstʂɨɡa], plural: strzygi, masculine: strzygoń) is usually a female demon in Slavic mythology, which stems from the mythological Strix of ancient Rome and ancient Greece. [1]
Orobanchaceae, the broomrapes, is a family of mostly parasitic plants of the order Lamiales, with about 90 genera and more than 2000 species. [4] Many of these genera (e.g., Pedicularis, Rhinanthus, Striga) were formerly included in the family Scrophulariaceae sensu lato.
Striga asiatica, the Asiatic witchweed or the red witchweed, [1] is a hemiparasitic plant in the family Orobanchaceae. It is native to Asia and sub-Saharan Africa , [ 2 ] but has been introduced into other parts of the world including Australia and the United States .
The balance between zealactone and two other strigolactones, zealactol and zealactonoic acid (ZA), can be altered by changes in flux through these pathways. This discovery has implications for breeding Striga resistance in maize by modifying the strigolactone blend, potentially reducing the devastating effects of this parasitic weed in Africa. [7]
Strigòi is a Romanian word that originated from a root related to the Latin terms strix or striga with the addition of the augmentative suffix "-oi" (feminine "-oaică"). [3] [4] Otila Hedeşan notes that the same augmentative suffix appears in the related terms moroi and bosorcoi (borrowed from Hungarian boszorka) and considers this parallel derivation to indicate membership in the same ...
This is a list of roots, suffixes, and prefixes used in medical terminology, their meanings, and their etymologies.Most of them are combining forms in Neo-Latin and hence international scientific vocabulary.
The Latin term striga in both name and sense as defined by Medieval lexicographers was in use throughout central and eastern Europe. Strega (obviously derived from Latin striga) is the Italian term for witch. This word itself gave a term sometimes also used in English, stregheria, a form of witchcraft.