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Striate
CIDE DICTIONARY
To mark with striaæ. Owen. [1913 Webster]
Striate, a. [L. striatus, p. p. of striare to furnish with channels, from stria a channel.].
Marked with striaæ, or fine grooves, or lines of color; showing narrow structural bands or lines; as, a striated crystal; striated muscular fiber. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Striate, adj. & v.
--adj. (also striated) Anat., Zool., Bot., & Geol. marked with striae.
--v.tr. mark with striae.
--adj. (also striated) Anat., Zool., Bot., & Geol. marked with striae.
--v.tr. mark with striae.
Derivative
striation n.
THESAURUS
Striate
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