Striga

Stri-ga

Noun

a pointed appressed rigid hairlike scale or bristle;

a flute in a column

a genus of seed plants (family Scrophulariaceae) living as root parasites especially on corn, sugarcane, and other grasses in the eastern tropics

Donald was always fascinated by the striga evident is some Grecian ruins.

I am sure it first came into existence in the first two meanings but could not find anything on when it started being used in English, but it does come down from Latin or Greek I am sure since those guys had columns on everything.